Ebook: HUMANITARIAN ACTION ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS : Reinvigorating Nuclear Diplomacy in the NPT and Beyond

The August 2022 Review
Conference of the Treaty on
the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear
Weapons (NPT) is overshadowed
by geopolitical insecurities
arising from Russia’s nuclear
threats, the war in Ukraine,
and renewed concerns about
proliferation.
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By contrast, the first meeting
of states parties to the Treaty
on the Prohibition of Nuclear
Weapons (TPNW) in June 2022
led to the most comprehensive
global policy framework
addressing humanitarian and
environmental
impacts of
nuclear weapons.
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A focus on humanitarian and
environmental
concerns could
build much-needed trust in the
2022 NPT Review Conference.
If successful, this may also become
one of the few tangible
outcomes of an otherwise
lackluster treaty review.