(Source: UN - United Nations) Reiterating its deep concern at the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons, the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) approved a new draft resolution containing a universal declaration on the achievement of a nuclear-weapon-free world, one of 20 passed today. The text, 'L.52.Rev.1', attaches a 19-paragraph declaration, which, if adopted by the General Assembly, would call on all States at all times to comply with applicable international law, including international humanitarian law. It would call on all nuclear-weapon-possessing States to eliminate all types of their nuclear weapons and in the meantime diminish...
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