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ICAN and ICRC at TPNW meeting warn of catastrophic humanitarian consequences, press for victim assistance
Summary
Speakers from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and the International Committee of the Red Cross told a UN press briefing the treaty is the primary international instrument to address humanitarian harm from nuclear weapons and urged states to implement victim assistance and environmental remediation obligations.
Speakers from civil society and the International Committee of the Red Cross urged meeting participants to treat the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as the primary international framework for addressing the humanitarian harm caused by nuclear weapons.
"This treaty provides the only international framework for addressing these harms to people and the environment and for ensuring that they never happen again," said Melissa Park, executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons…
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