Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Five-Year Conference Postponement Considered New Virus

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review meeting once every five years Consider postponement New virus on March 13 12:04

The United Nations is considering that the NPT, which is discussing global nuclear disarmament scheduled to begin next month in response to the spread of the new coronavirus, will hold a meeting every five years of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to be postponed next year I understood from the story of the muscle.

The NPT Review Conference is held once every five years at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to discuss the direction of nuclear disarmament in the world, and includes approximately 190 meetings next month from 27 to 22 May. It will be opened with the participation of Member States.

Regarding the meeting, UN sources said in an interview with NHK that discussions were underway to postpone next year to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.

The final decision, however, requires that Argentina, the chair of the Conference, and representatives of the representatives of regional groups be consulted and agreed, a UN spokeswoman said in a press conference on Tuesday. I have not heard. "

This meeting is the 75th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and has been positioned as a diversion to determine if one of the US and Russia's nuclear disarmament treaties could be lost last year to stop the retreat. The delay may have an effect on the future of nuclear disarmament.

Hiroshima Prefectural Dandankyo “This is the last chance and preparations are very shocking”

One of the A-bomb survivors, who was planning to go to the site to discuss the postponement of the NPT review meeting, said Tomoyuki Minomaki, deputy chairman of Hiroshima Prefectural Dandankyo, " Since the event has been canceled, it is possible to understand the postponement of the meeting, but it is quite possible that the survivors are only elderly people and will not be able to go next year. I am so shocked and disappointed that I was just doing it. I hope the situation will end as soon as possible. "