UN to kick off talks on global nuclear weapons ban

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Source: Agence France-Press

More than 100 countries are set to launch the first UN talks on a global nuclear weapons ban on Monday over objections from the major nuclear powers.

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No major powers have commented on the start of the talks so far, although the US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, is expected to issue a statement on the sidelines of opening day.

US and French representatives explained their countries' opposition in October citing a need to make progress in stages, without disturbing the current strategic balance of weapons or jeopardizing nuclear deterrence.

Fihn compares such arguments to the logic of chain smokers: "It's never the right time to quit."

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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/un-kick-off-talks-global-nuclear-weapons-ban-053518198.html

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1. Live video stream

http://webtv.un.org/live-now/watch/united-nations-conference-to-negotiate-and-legally-binding-instrument-to-prohibit-nuclear-weapons-leading-toward-their-total-elimination/5360215262001

United Nations Conference to Negotiate and Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading Toward their Total Elimination

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2. Look for Trump to nuke the UN building in response.

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3. This session continues all week, March 27 - 31, 2017

https://www.un.org/disarmament/

[Fred Sanders]

4. 9000 nuclear weapons by USA and Russia each...what are they good for?

Give up your addictions, nuclear powers, you will feel much better after you give them up!

[Judi Lynn]

5. Nuclear ban talks begin at UN, but US and others boycott

Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Updated 6:04 pm, Monday, March 27, 2017


UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. talks aimed at banning nuclear weapons began Monday, but the United States, Russia, China and other nuclear-armed nations are sitting out a discussion they see as impractical.

Supporters of the potential pact say it's time to push harder toward eliminating atomic weapons than nations have been doing through the nearly 50-year-old Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
 
With international tensions rising while public awareness of the nuclear threat has waned, "the need for progress on nuclear disarmament has rarely been as urgent as it is today," U.N. Under Secretary-General for disarmament Kim Won-soo said as the talks opened.

More than 100 countries voted for a U.N. General Assembly resolution last year to start discussions, with nations including Austria, Brazil and Ireland leading the effort.

More:
http://www.chron.com/news/world/article/US-Russia-China-others-sit-out-nuclear-ban-11030493.php