Japan urges United States, other holdouts, to ratify nuclear test ban treaty

From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Date: September 3, 2003| Author: Danica Kirka Associated Press | Copyright information

VIENNA, Austria -- Japan's foreign minister on Wednesday urged the United States and other holdouts to ratify a treaty banning nuclear weapons tests, arguing that her country knows first hand the evil that such arms can produce.

Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi told delegates attending a conference on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty that enacting it would help the world achieve peace.

But the conference, which drew hundreds of delegates to Vienna, was overshadowed by c...

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