https://www.scmp.com/rss/513042/feed Susi Snyder is financial-sector coordinator at the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Every minute of 2021, the nine nuclear-armed countries spent US$156,000, almost twice the median US family income, on nuclear weapons designed to destroy cities in a flash of light. This month, five of these countries – China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States – will join over 100 others at the United Nations in New York to discuss progress, or lack thereof, on a more-than-50-year-old treaty that commits countries party to the treaty with nuclear weapons to work towards... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3184443/russia-and-other-nuclear-armed-parties-must-be-held-account?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3184443/russia-and-other-nuclear-armed-parties-must-be-held-account?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Jul 2022 19:30:24 +0000