Excellencies,
Ladies and gentlemen,
It gives me great pleasure to stand before you today to commemorate the opening for signature of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, a landmark instrument of our times.
Seven years ago, about two-thirds of the world’s States agreed to outlaw nuclear weapons, the most catastrophic and inhumane weapons ever created. They did so against all odds – against the backdrop of international tensions, disturbing technological and policy