The New York Times article, At U.N. General Assembly, Signing a Nuclear Pact and Debating Another, covers the United Nations General Assembly that took place Wednesday, September 19th. The topic of discussion during this week’s assembly was the use of nuclear weapons. One day prior to the conference, Trump declared destruction of North Korea if the country threatened to attack the United States or any of its allies. World leaders started signing the treaty to ban the use of nuclear weapons, but nuclear-armed nations refused to sign. Nuclear nations believed that the agreement to prohibit nuclear weapons would be unwise. Regardless of what the treaty prohibits, rogue countries like North Korea have the freedom to develop and launch nuclear weapons. Nuclear-armed nations argued that by compromising their nuclear capability would limit methods to keep North Korea’s nuclear program in check. Nuclear freedom …show more content…
Mankind has only witnessed the atomic power of nuclear weapons twice in human history. Since the final events of World War Two, nuclear weapons have been extensively developed and are currently orders of magnitude more powerful than Fat Man and Little Boy. Currently, the nuclear power is distributed among nine nations in the world. A solution to the nuclear is in high demand as North Korea continues to push the limits of nuclear testing. I think that the decisions made and events during the next five years are going to set precedent on the controversial subject. The management of nuclear power is uncharted territory for mankind and world leaders must be delicate with their decisions in order to assure the safety of the global population. Personally, I believe that a treaty will not stop a volatile nation, like North Korea, but the concept of mutually assured destruction will have more weight on all nuclear country's use of such