THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
June 25, 2022 at 16:24 JST
Alexander Kmentt, the Austrian official who presided over the first conference of signatories of the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, acknowledges the applause at the end of the meeting on June 23. (Tabito Fukutomi)
VIENNA--Japanese participants to the first meeting of state parties to the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) were generally enthusiastic about the outcome, but like others accepted the reality that without the presence of the nuclear powers, there is still a lot of work ahead. [Read More]
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