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New York, Sept. 20 (Jiji Press)--Fifty countries signed the first-ever treaty to legally ban the development, production, possession, storage and use of nuclear arms at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Wednesday, according to the U.N. Secretariat.
Nuclear weapons states and nuclear umbrella states, including Japan, the only country attacked with nuclear arms, were absent from the day's signing ceremony. They also failed to take part in negotiations for setting the treaty.
Three of the 50 signatories--Guyana, Thailand and Vatican--ratified the landmark pact, which was adopted at the United Nations in July with the support from 122 nonnuclear nations.
Signing for the treaty, which needs ratification by at least 50 countries for entering into force, started the same day. More countries are expected to sign the treaty.
"The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is the product of increasing concerns over the risk posed by the continued existence of nuclear weapons, including the catastrophic humanitarian and environmental consequences of their use," U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at the ceremony.
New York, Sept. 20 (Jiji Press)--Fifty countries signed the first-ever treaty to legally ban the development, production, possession, storage and use of nuclear arms at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Wednesday, according to the U.N. Secretariat.
Nuclear weapons states and nuclear umbrella states, including Japan, the only country attacked with nuclear arms, were absent from the day's signing ceremony. They also failed to take part in negotiations for setting the treaty.
Three of the 50 signatories--Guyana, Thailand and Vatican--ratified the landmark pact, which was adopted at the United Nations in July with the support from 122 nonnuclear nations.
Signing for the treaty, which needs ratification by at least 50 countries for entering into force, started the same day. More countries are expected to sign the treaty.
"The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is the product of increasing concerns over the risk posed by the continued existence of nuclear weapons, including the catastrophic humanitarian and environmental consequences of their use," U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at the ceremony.
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