NEW YORK —

A committee of the U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution Thursday that was put forward by Japan and calls for the total elimination of nuclear weapons. Two countries—North Korea and India—voted against the resolution. There were eight abstentions—China, Cuba, France, Iran, Myanmar, Pakistan, Bhutan and Israel.
   
Voting taken at the First Committee, tasked with dealing with disarmament issues, found that a record 170 countries, including the United States—the first in nine years—supported the resolution, which called for all U.N. members to ‘‘take further practical steps and effective measures toward the total elimination of nuclear weapons, with a view to achieving a peaceful and safe world without nuclear weapons.’‘
 

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  smithinjapan at 03:49 PM JST - 30th October

  If this also includes the nukes the J-Foreign Minister begged the US to keep (long range ones that can hit NK), then I applaud the resolution.

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