UN raises alarm over stalled nuclear disarmament

Source: Yahoo! News / AFP

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The failure of the world's nuclear powers to make headway on disarmament is threatening to unravel a landmark treaty coming up for review next week, the UN's disarmament chief warned Wednesday.

The 190 countries that have signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) are opening a month-long conference on Monday at the United Nations to take stock amid much gloom over the lack of progress.

"We have a stalling in the path to a nuclear-free world," said Angela Kane, the UN high representative for disarmament affairs.

"The nuclear-weapons states are not living up to their side of the bargain," Kane told a meeting organized by the International Peace Institute.

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