The first Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which bans the development and use of nuclear weapons, will be held in Austria in June as the situation in Ukraine becomes tense and there is a growing sense of caution about the use of nuclear weapons. became.
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which bans the development, possession, and use of nuclear weapons, came into effect in January last year and has been ratified by 59 countries and regions. It has been postponed due to the influence.
The Austrian Foreign Ministry's Director General of Disarmament and Arms Control, Kument, who chairs the meeting, said on the 18th that it had decided to hold the meeting for three days from June 21st, after coordinating with the Parties. ..
In addition to representatives from each country, atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki will be invited to the conference, and the day before, an international conference will be held to discuss the humanitarian risks posed by the use of nuclear weapons.
Some have questioned the effectiveness of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons because nuclear-weapon states such as the United States and Russia have not participated in it. The meeting is expected to reaffirm the significance of legally banning nuclear weapons.
UN Under-Secretary-General Nakamitsu "I feel more and more risk of nuclear weapons"
Regarding the date of the Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, Deputy Secretary-General Izumi Nakamitsu, who is the head of the UN's disarmament department, told NHK that "the risk of nuclear weapons is becoming more and more felt by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Conference of the Parties will be important for reducing the risk of nuclear weapons and ensuring security by promoting disarmament. The United Nations also wants to firmly support and work on the parties. " Did.