A Treaty Is Reached to Ban Nuclear Arms. Now Comes the Hard Part.
Daryl said that While the treaty itself will not immediately eliminate any nuclear weapons, the treaty can, over time, further delegitimize nuclear weapons
and strengthen the legal and political norm against their use,
Mr. Kimball called the new treaty "an expression of the deep concern about the enormous risks posed by nuclear weapons
and the growing frustration with the failure of the nuclear-armed states to fulfill their nuclear disarmament commitments." The new accord will outlaw nuclear weapons use, threat of use, testing, development, production, possession, transfer and stationing in a different country.
Beatrice Fihn said that This treaty is a strong categorical prohibition of nuclear weapons and is really rooted in humanitarian law,
" Disarmament groups and other proponents of the treaty said they had never expected
that any nuclear-armed country would sign it — at least not at first. that Is there anyone who thinks that North Korea would ban nuclear weapons?
The basic premise, the treaty’s opening passage states, is a recognition of "the catastrophic humanitarian consequences
that would result from any use of nuclear weapons," and an agreement that their complete elimination "remains the only way to guarantee that nuclear weapons are never used again under any circumstances."