Africa: The World Faces a Historic Opportunity to Ban Nuclear Weapons

24 March 2017

Vienna/Oxford/London — Nuclear weapons are once again high on the international agenda, and experts note that the risk of a nuclear detonation is the highest since the Cold War.

As global tensions, uncertainty and risks of conflict rise amongst nuclear-armed states, nuclear weapons are treated as sabres to rattle, further heightening the risks of intentional or inadvertent use.

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