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The UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons reached the required 50 states parties for its entry into force, and it will become law on January 22, 2021. This will have an impact even on nations not yet party to the treaty.
The U.S. government keeping nuclear weapons in Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, and Turkey, is not supported by the people of those nations, and is arguably already illegal under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
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