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The United States has joined a small group of global outliers on Friday after a historic United Nations treaty to ban nuclear weapons was adopted by a majority of the world's nations. 'The adoption of the nuclear weapons ban treaty marks an historic turning point in the centuries-old battle to eliminate all weapons of mass destruction,' said Jeff Carter, executive director of Physicians for Social Responsibility.
' The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons said Thursday it was 'overwhelmingly positive about the draft treaty,' adding: 'We are on the cusp of a truly historic moment--when the international community declares, unambiguously, for the first time, that nuclear weapons are not only immoral, but also illegal. There should be no doubt that the draft before us establishes a clear, categorical ban on the worst weapons of mass destruction.
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