UN votes to outlaw nuclear weapons in 2017

ICAN  October 27, 2016   

At a meeting of the First Committee of the UN General Assembly, which deals with disarmament and international security matters, 123 nations voted in favour of the resolution, with 38 against and 16 abstaining.

The resolution will set up a UN conference beginning in March next year, open to all member states, to negotiate a “legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination”. The negotiations will continue in June and July. . .

 

Source: UN votes to outlaw nuclear weapons in 2017