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July 7, 2017

Over 120 Nations to Sign Anti-Nuclear Weapons Treaty
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At the United Nations, more than 120 countries are poised today to adopt
a first-ever treaty banning the possession, use and threat of nuclear
weapons. The landmark deal was negotiated without the participation of
any of the world's nine nuclear-armed states or NATO allies-with the
exception of the Netherlands. The nuclear ban is based on humanitarian
law, and its authors note that just 1 percent of the world's nuclear
weapons are enough to devastate the natural world and could lead to
humanity's extinction.


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