Trump’s UN Envoy Seeks to Derail Nuclear Ban Conference
- Obama received a Nobel Peace Prize for his nuclear-free vision
- Haley says Iran, North Korea wouldn’t abide by a ban anyway
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nation Nikki Haley speaks to reporters on March 27, 2017, in New York City.
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The U.S. is leading a push to derail a United Nations conference aimed at negotiating a “legally binding” ban on nuclear weapons “leading toward their total elimination.”
Standing outside the UN General Assembly Hall where the conference was getting under way Monday, U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley led a group of envoys from U.S. allies including the U.K. and France to voice their opposition. “As a mom, as a daughter, there is nothing that I want more for my family than a world with no nuclear weapons,” Haley said. “But we have to be realistic.”