The fear of nuclear weapons Dangerous option, claims Stoltenberg
Last month, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg similarly warned that giving up our deterrent without any guarantees that others will do the same is a dangerous option.
The TPNW, set to apply from January 22 and spearheaded by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), was approved by the 193-member UN General Assembly in July 2017 by a majority vote of 122.
Boycotting negotiations leading up to that vote had been five nuclear powers the USA, Russia, China, Britain and France and four other countries known or believed to possess nuclear weapons: India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel.
Nobel Peace Prize 2020: UN World Food Programme, winner of the award
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) was this year s proud recipient of the award “for its efforts to combat hunger among other efforts.
ASHRAF SHAZLY
AFP
On Thursday 10 December the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), during a ceremony that was held virtually due to the safety protocols related to the coronavirus pandemic.
Nobel Peace Prize 2020: WFP
In the acceptance speech delivered by the head of the organisation, David Beasley, the threat of starvation of around 270 million people gloablly - the equivalent to the combined populations of Germany, the UK, France and Italy - was highlighted.