U.N. panel adopts Japan's anti-nuke resolution, China, Russia oppose

A U.N. committee adopted Wednesday a Japan-sponsored draft resolution calling for the total elimination of nuclear arms, prompting a divided response from the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council.In the vote, 152 countries supported the resolution, while four including council members China and Russia opposed it, with 30 abstaining.Of the five major nuclear-weapon states, Britain and the United States co-sponsored the document while France, which abstained last year, voted in favor of it.The draft resolution is expected to be formally adopted at the U.N. General Assembly in D…READ FULL ARTICLE