Negotiations over a ban on nuclear weapons are likely to be given the go-ahead at the UN General Assembly. Nuclear weapon states and those under their umbrella will face challenges reducing its impact.pearce_newsbrief_sept_vol.36_no.5.pdfIn 1959, during the discussions which led to the formation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Irish Foreign Minister Frank Aiken recognised that the abolition of nuclear weapons was ‘hardly realistic’ in the near term. Instead of banning the bomb outright, he urged the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to ‘reduce the risks which the spread of these weapons involves for this generation, and not to hand to our children …read more
The Beginning of the End of Nuclear Weapons?
