Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is now part of international law. It calls for a celebration, having given a chance to peace, leaders across the globe, pressure groups and people at large have won half the battle. With the use of first Nuclear weapons in 1945, the world has witnessed the catastrophic outcomes. Since then, nukes are a major threat to the existence of humanity.

It was on 7 July 2017, 122 States had adopted the TPNW and by 24 October 2020, 50 countries signed and ratified it thereby the Treaty enters into force 90 days later, thus on 22 January 2021, nuclear weapons become illegal.

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) was adopted by the UN in July 2017 which prohibits nations from developing, testing, producing, transferring, possessing, stockpiling, using or threatening to use nuclear weapons, or allowing nuclear weapons to be stationed on their territory. But the nine of the nuclear-armed countries namely US, UK, Russia, China, France, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan and India have not signed the treaty and tried to block the same will now face increasing International pressure to join the movement. The treaty is not binding to them as long as they do not enter the treaty.

Hopefully, the world will come to terms post-pandemic that the civilisation has no good use with ‘nukes’ but needs food instead. What will we do with nuclear weapons when a microscopic virus is wiping out the lives and economies.

The battle is half won and though 22 January 2021 is a milestone in the history of mankind, as long as the nuclear-armed states do not take the step to disarm, the threat of a nuclear Armageddon remains…