“I am committed to achieving a world free of nuclear weapons,”- United Nations chief
Asserting that disarmament can play an important role in ending existing conflicts and preventing the outbreak of new strife, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has pledged to actively pursue the abolition of all weapons of mass destruction and the strict regulation of conventional weapons. “I am committed to achieving a world free of nuclear weapons,” Guterres said in a video message to the Geneva-based Conference on disarmament, which opened the first segment of its three-part 2017 session.
Recalling that upon taking office he had described a world of new and old conflicts woven in a complex, interconnected web, he said that those conflicts have precipitated gross violations of international humanitarian and human rights law. “As such, while disarmament can play a...