On October 27, the United Nations First Committee (disarmament and international security) voted on a measure to ban all nuclear weapons. The non-binding document, presented by Austria, Ireland, Brazil, Mexico, Nigeria, and South Africa, was approved by a vote of 123 to 38, with 16 abstentions. The document titled «Taking Forward: Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament Negotiations» now goes to a full General Assembly vote in December. A UN conference will be set up in March, 2017, to launch talks on global ban and total elimination of nuclear weapons. The negotiations will continue in June and July...
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