Five of world’s most powerful nations pledge to avoid nuclear war
Posted: 4th January 2022
US, Russia, China, the UK and France who are permanent members of the UN security council agree ‘nuclear war cannot be won’
UN security council meeting on ‘Peace and Security Through Preventive Diplomacy: A Common Objective to All UN Principal Organs,’ at the UN headquarters in New York on 17 November 2021.Photograph: Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock
Julian Borger in Washington
Mon 3 Jan 2022 19.54 GMTFive of the world’s most powerful nations have agreed that “a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought” in a rare joint pledge to reduce the risk of such a conflict ever starting.
The pledge was signed by the US, Russia, China, the UK and France, the five nuclear weapons states recognised by the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) who are also the five permanent members of the UN security council. They are known as the P5 or the N5.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/03/five-nations-pledge-avoid-nuclear-war
https://www.spacewar.com/reports/World_powers_make_rare_pledge_to_prevent_nuclear_weapons_spread_999.html