US refuses to vote on UN-approved treaty banning nuclear weapons

By Josh Siegel

Published July 8, 2017 3:15am ET

US refuses to vote on UN-approved treaty banning nuclear weapons — U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley said that the U.S. remains committed to diplomatic and financial pressure on North Korea but that the country "remains prepared to counteract North Korean aggression through other means, if necessary." (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, Pool) | Burhan Ozbilici

For the first time, the United Nations adopted a treaty prohibiting the possession and use of nuclear weapons.

But the passage of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons came with a major catch: All of the world’s nine nuclear-armed countries, including the U.S., boycotted the vote.

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