ray acheson, welcome to democracy y now!k about the significance of what took place. >> so this was a long effort to get countries to come together toto develop new international w to prohibit nuclear w weapons. we a are working in the context where the nuclear arms states are investing billions of dollars into modernizing their arsenals. we're in the midst of a new aras race. boycotted these negotiations. they boycotted all of the processes leading up to ththese negotitiations. the e uniteded statetes try to encourage its allies around the world,d, particularly y in natoo boycott the talks. but despite all of that,t, 122 countries, as you saw, voted yes for this treaty and came together at the u.n. over the course of four weeks to negotiate it. amy: what does it mean they have voted it yet though it is done of the nuclear powers. what does that mean? the treaty's design not junk with the necessarily -- it would'veve been great if t theyd come along and it would have looked like a very different treaty. a given they were not