“We seek a ban on all weapons in space, not just weapons of mass destruction. And you do not want this. Let me ask you the same question: why not? By the way, my American colleague spoke about her trip to Japan, visiting Nagasaki, and the horrific consequences of the nuclear bombing. May I inquire: will she enlighten us on who conducted this nuclear bombing? The only time in human history. Or perhaps our colleague from Japan can tell us, a country that has never, to my memory, named the state that bombed it. It’s as if the nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki really came from space and appeared out of nowhere.

The American Permanent Representative herself just stated that President Putin has repeatedly affirmed Russia has no plans to place nuclear weapons in space. She mentioned that the rejection of this resolution does not affect Russia’s existing obligations not to place nuclear weapons in space under the 1967 Outer Space Treaty. Then can Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield explain: why did the US and Japan bring this proposal forward if it changes nothing? Are we now supposed to bring forward a UN Security Council resolution in response to every statement your president makes?”

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