There's a precedent: the outlawing of chemical warfare following World War I by a series of treaties enacted after the impacts of chemical weapons had been horrifically demonstrated.
Chris and I have been doing many presentations about our book"-at the museum of the Suffolk County Historical Society in Riverhead; the Southampton History Museum; at libraries, last week at John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor, N.Y. and this past Monday Hillside Public Library in New Hyde Park on Long Island.
We are not only talking about the Cold War of the 1950s and 60s, but a new Cold War which could easily turn into a hot nuclear war. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons must take full effect to prevent nuclear war"-which in reality is not winnable and is suicidal.
As Secretary-General Guterres said: "Let's eliminate these weapons before they eliminate us."
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