In May 2010 key decision makers representing 189 countries — almost every country in the world — gathered in New York for a major review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). ICAN called on countries to commit to begin negotiations for a new treaty known as a Nuclear Weapons Convention.

We believe that this is the best way to implement the NPT's disarmament and non-proliferation obligations, and realize the decades-old promise of a nuclear-weapon-free world. The convention would outlaw the development, testing, possession and use of nuclear weapons, and establish the system needed to achieve their prompt elimination.

While the NPT Review Conference did not go so far as to establish a clear path to such a treaty, more than 130 nations voiced support for that goal, and the outcome document referred to a Nuclear Weapons Convention for the first time. It also committed governments to comply with international humanitarian law, and took note of the devastating humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons.

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