Source:
Mintpress News
Original post date:
10 November 2014
WASHINGTON — In a surprise confirmation, the Obama administration announced late on Friday that it will attend an unusual conference next month that supporters say could help to nudge the global framework governing nuclear weapons in a new direction.
The meeting, called the Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, will take place Dec. 8-9 in Vienna. The conference will be the third in a series of high-level meetings held over the past year, which advocates are lauding as the most significant momentum toward nuclear disarmament in decades.