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Britain's boycott of the UN multilateral nuclear disarmament talks

With opposition to Trident growing, the British government has refused to join this week's UN multilateral nuclear disarmament talks on practical measures to build global security without nuclear weapons.

By Rebecca Johnson
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As thousands gather to demonstrate in London against Trident, the Conservative government insists that it supports nuclear disarmament – with the proviso that it has to be multilateral not unilateral.  So why has it refused to participate in the United Nation's 'open-ended working group' on  "taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations" that opened on 22 February 2016 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva? 

Trident being tugged to Faslane Scotland. Photo: Rebecca Johnson

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