UN spotlights nuclear weapon states’ refusal to ratify test ban treaty at divisive time
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — With the U.S., Russia, China and other countries that have nuclear weapons refusing to ratify the treaty that bans atomic testing, the United Nations warned on Monday that any new test could trigger another…
The United Nations has warned that any new nuclear test could trigger another arms race, as the United States, Russia, China and other nuclear-armed countries have refused to ratify the treaty banning atomic testing. U.N. disarmament chief Izumi Nakamitsu spoke at the U.N. General Assembly, which convened on the International Day against Nuclear Tests to mark growing division and mistrust between nations.
The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, adopted in 1996, required ratification by 44 specific countries, nine of which have yet to do so. The U.S., China, Iran, Egypt and Israel have signed but not ratified the treaty. Russia signed and ratified but revoked its ratification in 2023. Until Tonga ratified last month, 178 countries were parties to the treaty.
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