Key issues for the first Ban Treaty (TPNW) meeting: Nuclear threats, the arms race and humanitarian impacts.
States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) will meet in Vienna June 21-23, 2022 for their first meeting since the treaty entered into force in January 2021. This Meeting of States Parties (MSP) comes at a time of elevated nuclear threats/risks in Europe due to