Negotiations to ban nuclear weapons begin, but Australia joins US boycott

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Negotiations to ban nuclear weapons begin, but Australia joins US boycott

Ben Doherty
Monday 27 March 2017 23.17 BST

Negotiations on a treaty to outlaw nuclear weapons have begun in New York, but have been publicly condemned by the United States, which is leading a coalition of more than 40 countries – including Australia – boycotting the talks.

At least 113 countries are part of the negotiations which have begun at UN headquarters in New York this week, aiming to negotiate a “legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination”.

But, Nikki Haley, appointed as the United States’ ambassador to the UN by Donald Trump in January, spoke outside the meeting saying the world was too unsafe for the US not to have nuclear weapons.

“I’m a mum. I’m a wife. I’m a daughter. I always think of my family first. Our job is to protect our people and our country. To keep them safe. To keep the peace.”

“We would love to have a ban on nuclear weapons but in this day and time we cannot honestly say that we can protect our people by allowing the bad actors to have them and those of us who are good trying to keep the peace and safety not to have them.”

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/28/negotiations-to-ban-nuclear-weapons-begin-but-australia-joins-us-boycott

[Jonny Appleseed]

1. "Im a mum. Im a wife. Im a daughter. I always think of my family first." How about a person?

Wow the quintessential Trump female hire. Is there a word for a female-specific version of uncle Tom?

But newsflash, big bombs that destroy things and can potentially cause a climate Armageddon even if they don't strike you directly, ACTUALLY MAKE YOUR FAMILY LESS SAFE!