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  united nations, new york (cnn)us ambassador to the united nations nikki haley announced monday that the united states and almost 40 other nations would not participate in the first-ever talks on an international treaty to ban nuclear weapons.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  flanked by ambassadors from about 20 nations, including nuclear powers united kingdom and france, haley couched the decision not to attend the talks, which began monday, in personal terms.
  
  
  
  
  as a mom and daughter, "there is nothing i want more for my family than a world with no nuclear weapons," the former south carolina governor said. "but we have to be realistic.
article_headline: us leads boycott of un talks to ban nuclear weapons