NEW YORK: The UN Security Council on Friday (Saturday in Manila) adopted a US-led resolution calling for swift global implementation of a 20-year-old treaty banning tests of nuclear weapons.

“Our action today can give people everywhere [hope] that a world without nuclear weapons might actually be possible and that we’re going to do everything responsible in our capacity to be able to make that day a reality,” US Secretary of State John Kerry said before the vote was cast.

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