U.N. disarmament panel handed signatures for nuke ban treaty

Toshiki Fujimori (L), a senior official of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, known as Hidankyo, hands some 560,000 signatures from those seeking an international treaty to outlaw nuclear weapons to Sabri Boukadoum, Algeria's U.N. ambassador who serves as chairman of the First Committee on disarmament and security issues, on Oct. 6, 2016, at the U.N. headquarters in New York. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo