Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation

In 2017, owing to a confluence of factors, both negative and positive, public focus on nuclear weapons was at its highest point in decades. New initiatives and efforts in multilateral disarmament were offset by regional crises and deteriorating relations between nuclear-armed States, all against a backdrop of increasing divisions over the pace and scale of nuclear disarmament. A decades-long malaise persisted in the Conference on Disarmament, the sole multilateral disarmament negotiating body, and all nuclear-armed States continued to pursue modernization programmes without any agreed plans to further reduce nuclear weapons of any type or to constrain nuclear arsenals. Together, these developments dampened prospects for future progress in nuclear disarmament.

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