United Nations Nuclear Treaty Conference

FILE - Beatrice Fihn, of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, ICAN, speaks during a news conference at the headquarters of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. A major United Nations meeting on the landmark nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is starting Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, after a long delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as Russia’s war in Ukraine has reanimated fears of nuclear confrontation and cranked up the urgency of trying reinforce the 50-year-old treaty. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP, File) NYSS506