On October 27th, the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly adopted, by the overwhelming vote of 123-38 (with 16 abstentions) a resolution on “Taking Forward Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament Negotiations.” Resolution A/C.1/71/L.41 calls for negotiations to commence in 2017 on a “legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.”
View a statement on the proposed nuclear weapons ban by Chung-in Moon and Ramesh Thakur, co-convenors of the Asia-Pacific Leadership Network.
Learn more about the proposed ban here.
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NTI Program Officer Patricia Jaworek joined a panel discussion on the devastating humanitarian effects of nuclear weapons and shared her research on the subject.
"The NPR sets the right course by emphasizing dialogue and diplomacy, aiming to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in national security strategy."
Today’s anniversary is an opportunity to commend the consensus on the value of the explosive nuclear testing moratorium.
