US has urged NATO member nations to oppose a UN draft resolution proposing negotiations on a legally-binding nuclear weapons ban treaty.
The draft resolution is the main highlight of the UN General Assembly’s First Committee meeting which began in New York earlier this month. The draft submitted by about 50 non-nuclear countries calls for starting talks in 2017 to create a treaty to ban nuclear arms.
Japan’s public broadcaster, NHK, reports that the United States and Britain, which possess such weapons, are opposed to the General Assembly resolution. Japan is under the US nuclear umbrella and has yet to decide its position. The UN committee vote on the resolution will take place tomorrow.