US urges dialogue on challenges to eliminate nuclear weapons

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S. arms control chief is urging the world’s nations to hold “a realistic dialogue” about rising global tensions and the challenges that must be overcome to create the conditions for nuclear disarmament.
Undersecretary of State Andrea Thomson told the General Assembly’s disarmament committee on Wednesday that this proposal “offers a practical way forward,” unlike the U.N. treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons which she called unre