Ex-UN chief tells nuclear powers to get serious about disarming 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseFormer UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday urged nuclear powers to “get serious” about disarmament, warning of a “very real risk” that decades of work on international arms control could collapse. Global disarmament efforts suffered a blow after the United States scrapped the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty in February, prompting Russia to suspend its participation. Russia is threatening to pull out of negotiations on a new START treaty, another key arms control treaty that caps the number of nuclear warheads and is due to expire in 2021. “It is in the interests of the P5 to get serious about disarmament if they wish to maintain the near-universal international commitment to preventing nuclear proliferation,” he said.

Source: Manila Bulletin June 12, 2019 16:52 UTC