Member countries held a virtual meeting this week to mark the 35th anniversary of the Treaty.
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Their efforts have been boosted recently by Tuvalu becoming the 50th country to ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations.
This milestone means nuclear weapon will be deemed illegal under international law as of next year.
Speaking for Samoa, the country's High Commissioner-designate to Fiji, Aliioaiga Feturi Elisaia, encouraged all nuclear-weapons states to sign and ratify the UN Treaty, and the few Pacific territories not already on board the Rarotonga Treaty to join.
Samoa also called on nuclear shipping states to continue to engage in meaningful dialogue on key issues of prevention, response, liability and compensation.