Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 4 countries left until Malaysia ratifies new ratification October 1, 10:18
Malaysia has newly ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which bans the development, possession and use of nuclear weapons, leaving four countries to come into effect.
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was proposed by non-nuclear-weapon states and adopted in 2017, and will come into effect 90 days after ratification by 50 countries and territories.
The Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Malaysia announced on the 30th of last month that it had deposited ratification of the treaty with the United Nations, bringing the number of countries and regions ratified to 46, leaving four more countries to ratify before it comes into force.
In ratifying, Malaysia's Foreign Minister Hishamdin said, "We encourage other countries to accelerate the ratification process. The abolition of nuclear weapons should be the most important issue for the international community."
While we expect that the countries promoting the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons will become new international norms, nuclear-weapon states and Japan, which relies on nuclear deterrence, have not participated because nuclear disarmament should be promoted in stages.
In January next year, the UN will hold a review meeting on the NPT = Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, in which most UN member states will attend to discuss the direction of nuclear disarmament. It seems that the aim is to put it into effect and increase the momentum of nuclear disarmament.