2/ As ICAN's ED @melissaparke01.bsky.social puts it, Japan should rather strengthen its commitment by leaving the nuclear umbrella and joining the #NuclearBan Treaty, a step supported by 73% of the Japanese public.

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2/ Learn more about the #NuclearBan Treaty or Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons here: www.icanw.org/the_treaty

2/ As @melissaparke01.bsky.social warns the rise in nuclear rhetoric & exercises is “escalatory and dangerous.” There are no right hands for wrong weapons. A global majority backs the #NuclearBan Treaty, it’s time nuclear-armed states join the right side of history.

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2/ Learn more about the crucial work Parliamentarians around the world are doing for the #NuclearBan Treaty here: icanw.org/parliamentar...

#IPU151

3/ As @melissaparke01.bsky.social puts it: "He should be seeking to join the global majority of countries who support the #NuclearBan Treaty, which outlaws nuclear testing and complements the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, not escalating the danger."
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2/ Given that neither China nor Russia is currently testing nuclear weapons, just their delivery systems, it is not clear what President Trump intends. In the recent past, President Trump has talked about the need to get rid of nuclear weapons.
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#NuclearBan

4/ There’s a reason these weapons are banned under international law. This Russian exercise follows NATO’s Steadfast Noon exercise. They are both effectively practising to commit a war crime. #NuclearBan

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3/ The countries that have nuclear weapons routinely hide behind abstract concepts like ‘scheduled exercise of the strategic deterrence forces’ while actively preparing to wipe out entire cities and kill civilians en masse. #NuclearBan