UN Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Conference in New York

PeopleOther ♦ Published: August 1, 2022; 20:42 ♦ (Vindobona)

The UN Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty tenth review conference is held in New York after a two-year delay caused by the CoV pandemic. Even before Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, nuclear disarmament had stalled. Now, reducing the nearly 13,000 nuclear weapons worldwide is becoming even more difficult.

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons, Marc Baronnet, CC BY-SA 4.0

The proliferation of nuclear weapons is often viewed as a threat to international peace and security by the United Nations Security Council. For the United Nations, this conference is one of the most important events regarding world peace and security. The event will last until August 26.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov…