SHAFAQNA - The UN chief Ban Ki-moon has urged the world to get rid of nuclear weapons at a commemoration ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the US nuclear attack on Nagasaki – the second, and so far the last – bombing in the history of nuclear warfare.
“Nagasaki must be the last. We cannot allow any future use of nuclear weapons. Their humanitarian consequences are too great,†Ban Ki-moon’s message said as he addressed thousands through his representative at the Peace Memorial Ceremony.
“I wholeheartedly join you in sounding a global rallying cry: No more Nagasakis. No more Hiroshimas,â€Â he added.
Demilitarization should be put “back on the agenda of international politics,†believes Ban Ki-moon. “This includes a reduction of military budgets, a moratorium on the development of new types of weapons and a prohibition on militarizing space.â€
The last Soviet leader, and Noble Peace Price recipient, Mikhail Gorbachev, this week reminded the world that nuclear weapons can easily “wipe out the entirety of civilizationâ€.
He stressed that “everyone will lose, including those now seeking to dominate the world.â€
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