'Looming' risk of nuclear arms race, UN proliferation meeting hears

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Al-Monitor

Signatories of the landmark nuclear non-proliferation treaty began a meeting at the UN on Monday as fears of a renewed arms race escalate, with atomic powers once again at loggerheads over safeguards.In 2022, during the last review of the treaty considered the cornerstone of non-proliferation, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned humanity was one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation.On Monday he warned the drivers of nuclear weapons proliferation were accelerating.