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Nuclear Weapons

Commons · Question 28881 · Tabled 5 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 17 Feb 2025

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Asked by Jeremy Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to participate in the UN study on the effects of nuclear war.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 17 Feb 2025

The UK voted against the United Nations General Assembly Resolution "Nuclear War Effects and Scientific Research", which proposed establishing an independent scientific panel on the effects of nuclear war, because the devastation that would be c...