Post-Cold War Disarmament and Arms Control “is Eroding” - Security Council Briefing

Briefing by Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, on supporting the non-proliferation treaty ahead of the 2020 Review Conference.

Briefing the Security Council yesterdary (2 Apr) on the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, said the post-Cold War disarmament and arms control framework “is eroding,” and as a result, “the prospect of the use of nuclear weapons is higher than it has been in generations.”