It bans the qualitative improvement of
nuclear weapons development by the
nuclear weapon states and also aims at horizontal non-proliferation.
The International Day for the Total Elimination of
Nuclear Weapons was observed for the first time in September 2014.
To conclude, the steady advances of
nuclear weapon states arsenals and the vitality of nuclear deterrence capability in the making of defence strategy of the Great Powers not only obstruct the implementation of Article-VI of the NPT but also encourage the security conscious states either to develop their indigenous
nuclear weapons or secure the positive security guarantees from the
nuclear weapon states.
Different organizations may host educational and public activities to bring awareness of the use of
nuclear weapons and the dangers involved with
nuclear weapons testing and usage.
To support disarmament as they eventually eliminate their own nuclear arsenals, Russia, China and the United States have agreed to rely less on
nuclear weapons in the foreign and defense policies.
and Russian nonstrategic
nuclear weapons. These include questions about the safety and security of Russia's weapons and the possibility that some might be lost, stolen, or sold to another nation or group; questions about the role of these weapons in U.S.
Like their nuclear-armed allies, they boycotted the process that resulted in the historic adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of
Nuclear Weapons, undermining the very rules-based multilateral order they claim to support.
Nuclear weapons are leading cause of global warming and new diseases.
The Treaty on the Prohibition of
Nuclear Weapons is the first globally applicable multilateral agreement to comprehensively prohibit
nuclear weapons.
Summary: TEHRAN (FNA)- Last year, July 7, the international civil society adopted a new international law to ban
nuclear weapons but to no avail.
Botswana is devoted to completely prohibit the production and possession of
nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction, says Minister of Defence, Justice and Security, Mr Shaw Kgathi.
