Countries to boycott UN treaty to prohibit nuclear elimination

Some 40 countries, INCLUDING permanent five members the United States, France and the United Kingdom, will boycott the negotiations at the United Nations to create a legally binding treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons leading towards their total elimination. South Africa immediately labeled the move morally inexplicable after a majority of UN member states in the General Assembly voted last December to establish the negotiations and encouraged all countries to participate. The protesting countries believe negotiations starting today will not lead to effective progress on global nuclear disarmament. Sherwin Bryce-Pease reports.