UN Treaty of Banning Nuclear Weapons to Enter into Forcein 2021
The United Nations announced recently that 50 countries have ratified an international Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) to ban nuclear weapons. The historic text would enter into force in January 2021.
- The 50th ratification by Honduras came on the 75th anniversary of the ratification of the UN Charter which officially established the United Nations and is celebrated as UN Day (October 24, 2020).
- Major nuclear powers have opposed the treaty, as they either did not sign the treaty like the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia etc.or abstained from voting like India and Japan.
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