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Sign and Ratify the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Submitted on Sunday 26th November 2017

Published on Friday 1st December 2017

Current status: Closed

Closed: Friday 1st June 2018

Signatures: 57

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Sign and Ratify the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Petition Details

On 7 July 2017, 122 governments voted at the UN to adopt the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Nuclear weapons have now been categorically rejected by the international community.

“The world is over-armed and peace is under-funded …." United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Additional Information

The new Treaty puts nuclear weapons on the same legal footing as biological weapons, chemical weapons, anti-personnel landmines and cluster munitions.

http://www.icanw.org/the-facts/catastrophic-harm/a-diversion-of-public-resources/

https://www.nuclearinfo.org/article/transport/foi-records-reveal-nuclear-warhead-convoy-safety-faults

http://www.icanw.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/WEBhumanitarianrisks.pdf


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