Russia Vetoes US-Authored UN Resolution Banning Nuclear Weapons In Space
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Zero Hedge— Russia Vetoes US-Authored UN Resolution Banning Nuclear Weapons In Space Russia has just vetoed a very rare and interesting resolution set before the United Nations Security Council focused on banning nuclear weapons in space: The treaty bars signatories, including the U.S. and Russia, from placing "in orbit around the Earth any objects carrying nuclear weapons or any other kinds of weapons of mass destruction" or anywhere else in outer space. On Wednesday Russia registered the...
The Independent—Russia proposes UN resolution on banning weapons in space, after vetoing similar UN-Japan draft. Russia has circulated a U.N. resolution calling on all countries to take urgent action to prevent putting weapons in outer space “for all time” a week after it vetoed a U.S.-Japan resolution to stop an arms race in space
KEYT—Russia proposes UN resolution on banning weapons in space, after vetoing similar UN-Japan draft. Russia proposes UN resolution on banning weapons in space, after vetoing similar UN-Japan draft
KIFI—Russia proposes UN resolution on banning weapons in space, after vetoing similar UN-Japan draft. By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia has circulated a U.N. resolution calling on all countries to take urgent action to prevent putting weapons in outer space “for all time” a week after it vetoed a U.S.-Japan resolution to stop an arms race in space. The Russian draft resolution goes further