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Nuclear-Weapon States Knock U.N. Nuke Ban Treaty

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, July 10th, 2017

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Nuclear-Weapon States Knock U.N. Nuke Ban Treaty

The United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination, continues its work through July 7. United Nations photo.

Several nuclear-weapon states vowed not to support or sign a new nuclear weapon ban treaty after it was adopted by a United Nations conference last Friday. The U.N. conference on Friday adopted its final text of the legally binding global nuclear weapons ban following months of negotiations, with 122 nations voting in favor, the Netherlands voting against, and Singapore abstaining.Under the final text, parties would agree never to develop, produce, possess, or stockpile nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices;…

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