In late January 2021, something big is happening to influence international politics. And no, I’m not talking about the inauguration of the new U.S. president. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the first international ban on nuclear weapons, will take full legal effect on Jan. 22, 2021. It joins the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Biological Weapons Convention as a treaty prohibiting weapons of mass destruction and follows the roadmap of the Mine Ban Treaty (known as the Ottawa Treaty) and Cluster Munitions Convention to bring together a coalition of civil society and diplomats to prohibit and eliminate … Continue reading Five Common Mistakes on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
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Five Common Mistakes on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
In late January 2021, something big is happening to influence international politics. And no, I’m not talking about the inauguration of the new U.S. president. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the first international ban on nuclear weapons, will take full legal effect on Jan. 22, 2021. It joins the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Biological Weapons Convention as a treaty prohibiting weapons of mass destruction and follows the roadmap of the Mine Ban Treaty (known as the Ottawa Treaty) and Cluster Munitions Convention to bring together a coalition of civil society and diplomats to prohibit and eliminate … Continue reading Five Common Mistakes on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons