核武器是人类迄今发明的最具破坏性、最不人道、最滥杀滥伤的武器。今天，世界上仍有将近15000件此类武器。《不扩散核武器条约》半个世纪前即已开放供签署，尽管存在这一条约，但许多核武器仍处于几分钟内即可使用的状态。马拉维深知核武器造成的破坏之严重。鉴于其放射性坠尘独有的持久性且会破坏基因，核武器不同于任何其他武器。只要在一个大城市上空引爆一枚核弹，几秒钟内就能杀死100多万人。因此，马拉维与《条约》其他缔约国一道谴责使用核武器的行为。然而，尽管
Nuclear weapons are the most destructive, inhumane and indiscriminate weapons that have ever been created. There are still close to 15,000 such weapons in the world today. Many are ready to be used within minutes, despite the existence of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which opened for signature half a century ago. Malawi is cognizant of the scale of devastation that nuclear weapons cause. Given their uniquely persistent and genetically damaging fallout, they are unlike any other weapon. A single nuclear bomb detonated over a large city could kill more than a million people in a matter of seconds. Malawi therefore joins other State parties to the Treaty in condemning the use of nuclear weapons.