El Secretary General UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for nuclear disarmament this Tuesday, as the world commemorates the 79th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, promising that the UN “will spare no effort to ensure that the horrors of that day are not never repeat.”
On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped a bomb nicknamed “Little Boy” about the Japanese city of Hiroshima, in the middle of World War II. The bombing caused a immense devastation that killed and injured tens of thousands of people.
Guterres insisted that the threat of the use of nuclear weapons is not “confined to the history books,” but is a “real and present danger” today, which reappears “in the daily rhetoric of international relations.” .
A nuclear war can never be won
At the remembrance ceremony in the Japanese city, Disarmament Commissioner Izumi Nakamitsu said on behalf of the Secretary-General that the lessons of Hiroshima, which foster disarmament and peace, have been “left aside,” but she recognized the efforts of the people of Hiroshima to ensure that nuclear weapons are never used again.
Nakamitsu further insisted that the use of nuclear weapons is unacceptable and maintained “a nuclear war cannot be won and should never be fought.”
He added that Global distrust and division have increased, “but we must ensure we do not tempt fate again"He emphasized.
“Some are recklessly rattling the nuclear saber once again,” he said. “The world must stand united in condemning this unacceptable behavior.”
Hiroshima after the United States dropped a nuclear bomb on August 6, 1945.
No more Hiroshimas, no more Nagasakis
Looking ahead to the Future Summit in New York next month, the Secretary-General said this is a “crucial opportunity for governments to renew their commitment to multilateralism, sustainable development and peace, and to adopt a Pact for the feasible Future.”
He asserted that conflict prevention, disarmament and a world free of nuclear weapons must be at the center of these efforts.
“We will never forget the lessons of August 6, 1945,” he stressed. “No more Hiroshimas. No more Nagasakis.”
Nakamitsu echoed that message in a statement in X, in which he reaffirmed his determination to “continue working toward a world without nuclear weapons.” For the safety of all people.”