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Light at the end of the nuclear tunnel
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), comes into force today. For the first time ever the production and possession of such weapons has been ruled illegal. KATE HUDSON reports
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NEW treaties are not often greeted with the recognition and enthusiasm that they merit. 

They can seem dry and legalistic, overladen with clauses and dusty formulations. 

But the reality is that treaties are often the bringing into law of profoundly humanitarian principles, of significant advances in human rights, of steps towards peace and to protect all communities. 

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