The Huffington Post – Australia
March 30, 2017
By Yves Daccord, Judy Slatyer
This week in New York, Governments are meeting to negotiate a global treaty banning nuclear weapons. This time it's much more than talk, it's a real opportunity to prohibit nuclear weapons and take an important step towards their elimination.
As the negotiations get underway, there will be several empty chairs at the table. Nuclear-armed States and most of those under the US nuclear-umbrella, including Australia, are among those choosing not to participate in these historic talks.
