Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, head of the Vietnam Permanent Mission to the United Nations (Photo: VNA) New York (VNA)– Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, head of the Vietnam PermanentMission to the United Nations, deposited with the UN Secretary GeneralVietnam’s instrument of ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition ofNuclear Weapons on May 17, becoming the 10th country ratifying the document.
So far, the treaty hasbeen signed by 58 countries. Once ratified by 50 countries, it will enter inforce.
Deputy Prime Ministerand Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh signed the treaty on September 22, 2017, inthe framework of the 72nd UN General Assembly’s High-level Meeting.
Being one of the firstcountries to sign and ratify the treaty, Vietnam has shown its consistent policyfor peace and supporting nuclear disarmament across the world.
The Treaty on theProhibition of Nuclear Weapons has a historical significance, as this is thefirst international document comprehensively prohibiting the development, testing,producing, manufacturing, acquiring, possessing, stockpiling, transferring,receiving, using or threatening to use nuclear weapons.
Particularly, thetreaty regulates that any State involving in activities related to the testingor use of nuclear weapons shall have responsibility to provide adequateassistance to affected State parties, for the purpose of victim assistance andenvironmental remediation.
It also allows Statesowning nuclear weapons to join the treaty after eliminating the weapons.-VNA
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