Nuclear weapons abolition milestone is reached as ban treaty enters into force — IPPNW peace and health blog

The multinational Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons entered into force today, meaning that its prohibitions against developing, testing, producing, acquiring, possessing, stockpiling, and using or threatening to use nuclear weapons have now become part of the body of international law. A coalition of the world’s largest health federations welcomed the TPNW’s entry into force with a joint statement hailing the Treaty as “an essential step towards preventing the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of the use of nuclear weapons and a big win for planetary health.”
Nuclear weapons abolition milestone is reached as ban treaty enters into force — IPPNW peace and health blog
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