DISARMAMENT: 'U.N. Panel Releases Draft of Treaty to Ban Nuclear Arms', New York Times, 22 May 2017

A UN disarmament panel presented the first draft on Monday of a proposed global treaty to ban nuclear weapon, which advocates called an important step that could hasten completion of a final text by early July. Nuclear powers including the United States have boycotted the negotiations for such a treaty, calling its goals naïve and unattainable - especially at a time when North Korea has threatened to launch nuclear-armed missiles at its enemies. 'U.N. Panel Releases Draft of Treaty to Ban Nuclear Arms', New York Times, 22 May 2017