UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States is urging countries that have ratified a U.N. treaty to ban nuclear weapons to withdraw their support as the pact nears the 50 ratifications needed to trigger its entry into force, which supporters say could happen this week.
A U.S. letter sent to signatories, obtained by The Associated Press, says the original nuclear powers -- the U.S., Russia, China, Britain and France -- and NATO allies “stand unified in our opposition" to the treaty's “potential repercussions.”
Beatrice Fihn, head of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, said the U.S. action shows the treaty will soon become reality.
