According to Vatican News, US bishops have commended the recent commitment by five of the world’s nuclear powers to prevent nuclear conflict.
In a rare joint statement issued on January 3, the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) said they “believe strongly ” that the further spread of nuclear weapons must be prevented and that a nuclear war “cannot be won and must never be fought”.
The statement followed the announcement that the Tenth Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) which was due to start on January 4 had been once again postponed in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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