Bangladesh has signed the nuclear disarmament treaty outlawing nuclear weapons at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly in New York. The UN had adopted the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in July this year. At a high-level meeting on disarmament of nuclear weapons in September 2013, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had said: “Bangladesh believes that Nuclear Weapons cannot ensure ultimate security and peace. However, nuclear-weapon states including the United States, Russia and other nuclear-weapon States, as well as many of their allies, stayed out of the negotiations. The United States, United Kingdom and France later issued a joint statement saying they did not intend to sign, ratify or ever become party to the treaty.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 27, 2017 16:18 UTC