Japan on Wednesday submitted a revised nuclear disarmament draft resolution to the United Nations that underscores the importance of an effective framework for the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
The new draft, submitted to the First Committee of the General Assembly, declares a renewed determination to call on all nuclear powers to reduce their nuclear arms in an irreversible, verifiable and transparent manner and eventually completely eliminate such weapons.
Japan has submitted draft resolutions on nuclear disarmament to the General Assembly annually since 1994. Amendments are made annually, but this is the first time in five years the draft has been comprehensively revised.