(VOVWORLD) - The threat of the use, intentional or otherwise, of nuclear weapons is growing, the UN representative for disarmament affairs Izumi Nakamitsu told a preliminary review meeting of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in Sweden on Monday.
Nakamitsu warned that the world today faces similar challenges to the context that gave birth to the NPT, stressing modernization programs by nuclear-weapon states are leading to a new arms race.
She said nuclear powers have been holding talks on weapons control and disarmament, but the risk of such weapons being used is on the rise, which could lead to a world with no clear mechanism to control nuclear weapon stockpiles.