Nuclear Prohibition Treaty: Dhaka submits instrument of ratification to UN

Bangladesh has submitted the instrument of ratification on prohibition of nuclear weapons to the treaty section of the United Nations.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen handed over the instrument to UN officials in New York on Friday on the sidelines of the 74th UN General Assembly.

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons-2017 was adopted in July 2017 and was opened for signature in September.

Bangladesh had signed the treaty on the first day of the opening and now it has been duly ratified by 32 countries.

The treaty will come into force upon submission of 50th ratification.

Bangladesh believes in complete and general disarmament and it has already become member of other global nuclear instruments.