Key Issues in Negotiations for a Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty

摘要

The outlines of a treaty to prohibit J nuclear weapons, leading to their total elimination, emerged in late March during the first week of negotiations among diplomats representing about 130 governments. During a second session, to take place from June 15 to July | 7 at the United Nations, a text will be negotiated, based on the May 22 draft by the president of the | negotiating conference, Ambassador Elayne Whyte | Gomez of Costa Rica. She aims for conference | approval of a text by the end of that session.