Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid, on Friday, called on countries that have yet to sign the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons to join the cause as a matter of urgency.

He made the call in a prerecorded video statement at a high-level event of the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly, held to commemorate the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.

In his statement, Shahd noted the importance placed by the UN on the elimination of nuclear arsenals and weapons of mass destruction, as it forms the basis of the UN’s founding ideals.

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