U.N. holds informal meeting to call for ban on nuclear tests

U.N. holds informal meeting to call for ban on nuclear tests

An informal meeting of the United Nation General Assembly is held at its headquarters in New York on Aug. 30, 2017, a day after the International Day Against Nuclear Tests, to urge the importance of bringing the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty into force soon. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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