Nuclear Weapons: NLC Urges FG To Make History By Signing Treaty On Prohibition - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 18, 2019
Nigeria LabourCongress, NLC, has urged the Federal Government to  make history and sign or submit instrument ofratification of the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, on September 26,2019, in New York.
A high-level ceremonyfor signatures and ratifications for the TPNW will be held during leaders’ weekon September 26, 2019, at the United Nations General Assembly.
All governments acrossthe globe have been invited to participate at the ceremony by the co-sponsoringgovernments: Austria, Brazil, Indonesia, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria,South Africa and Thailand.
President of NLC,Ayuba Wabba, in a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, dated September13, 2019, noted that the signing would complement the Non-Proliferation Treaty,NPT, and offer the best hope of moving from a world with nearly 14,000 nuclear weaponsto zero nuclear weapons.
In light of theheightened tensions among nuclear-armed States, it is more important than everthat world leaders speak out against nuclear weapons and work together tostrengthen international legal norms against their use, threatened use,development, and retention by any State.