Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty One country needs to ratify "50" until "3" October 15, 5:25
The United Nations has revealed that one new country has ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which prohibits the testing, possession, and use of nuclear weapons, leaving only three countries and regions to ratify the treaty.
The United Nations announced on the 14th that Tuvalu, an island nation in the South Pacific, ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons on the 12th of this month.
Tuvalu's Prime Minister Natano said in a speech at the UN General Assembly last month, "International efforts have abolished nuclear tests in the Pacific Ocean, but the devastating scars that nuclear tests have brought to our lives still remain. ", And complained about the threat of nuclear weapons.
As a result, the total number of countries and regions that have ratified the treaty is 47, and the 50 required for the treaty to come into effect is only three.
Several other countries have officially announced that they will ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in the near future, and it is likely that it will reach 50 by the end of this month.
The international NGO ICAN = International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons posted on Twitter that "there are only three countries needed to bring the extremely important treaty into effect," reiterating the significance of the treaty.