Disarmament Group Renews Push to Ban Nuclear Weapons

New efforts to ban nuclear weapons are under way as governments and activists gather at the United Nations in Geneva to consider proposals for negotiating a legally binding treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) is calling on governments attending the Open-Ended Working Group that deals with nuclear disarmament issues to negotiate a treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons similar to treaties banning the production and use of land mines...

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