āThe United Nations was formed to promote peace with a goal of the abolition of nuclear weapons,ā Fihn said.
It says the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, known as the TPNW, āturns back the clock on verification and disarmament and is dangerousā to the half-century-old Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, considered the cornerstone of global nonproliferation efforts.
āIt would be unfortunate if the TPNW were allowed to derail our ability to work together to address pressing proliferation.āFihn has stressed that āthe nonproliferation Treaty is about preventing the spread of nuclear weapons and eliminating nuclear weapons, and this treaty implements that.
Thereās no way you can undermine the Nonproliferation Treaty by banning nuclear weapons.
Secretary-General Guterres said in an Associated Press interview on Wednesday: āIt is clear for me that we will only be entirely safe in relation to nuclear weapons the day where nuclear weapons no longer exist.