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An important step towards a nuclear-free world
A new treaty to ban nukes is now set to become international law after being championed by nations from the Global South who are angry at the failure of nuclear weapons states to disarm. KATE HUDSON reports
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MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
ATTEMPTS to ban nuclear weapons are nothing new and usually the impetus comes from the Global South.
The great news at the weekend about the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) — it’s reached the 50 ratifications needed to become international law — is no exception.
If you look at the list of 50 states, they are overwhelmingly from Africa and Latin America; indeed both continents are already self-organised into nuclear weapons-free zones via the Treaty of Pelindaba and the Treaty of Tlatelolco.
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