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Philippine Permanent Representative to the United Nations Teodoro L. Locsin Jr. hails the
nuclear prohibition treaty as a step forward "in putting all nuclear weapons firmly on the path of
complete, total and irreversible extinction", in his statement delivered at the adoption of the
landmark document at the United Nations in New York on 07 July 2017.

07 July 2017, New York – The Philippines joined 121 other nations today in adopting a
legally binding treaty that will prohibit nuclear weapons. The treaty is a crucial step towards the 
total and complete elimination of nuclear weapons which the Philippines has been pushing for
since the early days of the UN.

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“This treaty is the capstone of the global disarmament architecture. It strengthens the existing
network of treaties and agreements already in place by reaffirming their collectively compelling
logic of survival. We voted for its adoption because it is the right thing to do,” Philippine
Permanent Representative to the United Nations TeodoroL. Locsin Jr. said in the Philippine
statement delivered after the conference adopted the treaty.

The treaty fills the legal gap in the existing disarmament architecture that has already
delegitimized chemical and biological weapons but not nuclear weapons, considered the most
deadly of all weapons of mass destruction.

Under the treaty, States Parties are prohibited from, among others, developing, testing,
producing, manufacturing, acquiring, possessing or stockpiling nuclear weapons or other nuclear
explosive devices.

They are also banned from using or threatening to use nuclear weapons and explosive devices.

The treaty also prescribes pathways to enable nuclear weapon states to accede in the future and
pave the way for the complete elimination of nuclear weapons.

The Philippine delegation actively participated in the negotiations guided by the provision of
the Philippine Constitution which prohibits nuclear weapons in Philippine territory and by its
obligations under the Bangkok Treaty establishing a Southeast Asian Nuclear Weapons Free
Zone.

The treaty prescribes pathways to enable nuclear weapon states to accede in the future.

It will open for signature on 19 September 2017 and will enter into force 90 days after the fiftieth
instrument of ratification has been deposited.

The Philippines, government and civil society alike, has been a strong voice in the nuclear
disarmament discourse. END

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