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Ukraine war hangs over UN meeting on nukes treaty’s legacy

FILE - Traffic and pedestrians make their way up First Avenue in front of United Nations headquarters in New York during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. 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. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) 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) FILE - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives for the official G7 summit welcome ceremony at Castle Elmau in Kruen, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Sunday, June 26, 2022. 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. At least one head of government is expected: Kishida, of Japan, the only country ever to experience a nuclear attack. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File) FILE - Flags fly outside United Nations headquarters in New York during the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. 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. (AP Photo/Jennifer Peltz, File) FILE - People watch a television screen showing a news program reporting about North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at a train station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 25, 2022. 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. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File) FILE - Russian President Boris Yeltsin, left, U.S. President Bill Clinton, Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, and British Prime Minister John Major, far right, sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty during the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) summit in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Dec. 5, 1994. 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. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File) FILE - In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Wyoming approaches Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga., Jan. 9, 2008. 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. (Lt. Rebecca Rebarich/U.S. Navy via AP, File)