Nuclear arms are the most destructive, indiscriminate and monstrous weapons ever produced – but today, we can all celebrate a major milestone in the long march towards peace: the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is now part of international law!
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The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons took effect Friday — but the milestone is marred by the lack of signatures from the world’s major nuclear powers. Despite the missing participants, the occasion was marked by praise from the United Nations and even Pope Francis.
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More than half of public supports UK joining UN ban on nuclear weapons.
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Mark Ruskell: Today a nuclear-free Scotland comes within our nation’s sights.
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TODAY the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons comes into force. With negotiations first opening in 2017, this UN-mandated legally binding international agreement, signed by nation states and countries across the globe, prohibits the development, testing, production, stockpiling, stationing, transfer, use and threats of use of nuclear weapons. It provides a time-bound framework from prohibition to the irreversible elimination of a signatory nation’s nuclear weapons.
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Biden asking Russia for five-year extension on nuclear arms treaty while also hoping to hold Moscow ‘accountable’ for aggression.
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The nuclear weapons ban treaty is groundbreaking, even if the nuclear powers haven’t signed.
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