European cities to meet in support of nuclear ban treaty in March

Municipal leaders from some European countries including Britain, France and Germany plan to hold a meeting in support of banning nuclear weapons in March in Vienna, the mayor of Hannover has said.It will be timed with the first meeting of signatories to a U.N. treaty banning nuclear arms in the Austrian capital from March 22 to 24, Belit Onay, the mayor of the German city, said in an online interview with Kyodo News on Sunday.Onay said the mayoral meeting is aimed at encouraging European countries to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which entered into force in January…READ FULL ARTICLE