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      António Guterres

      Demanding Global Ban, UN Chief Calls Nuclear Weapons a 'Recipe for Annihilation'

      "Let's eliminate these weapons before they eliminate us," U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said at the start of a summit in Vienna.

      Brett Wilkins
      Jun 22, 2022

      Warning of the heightened threat of nuclear war in a "world rife with geopolitical tensions and mistrust," United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called upon nuclear nations to join the scores of countries that have adopted a landmark treaty banning atomic weapons.

      "The once-unthinkable prospect of nuclear conflict is now back within the realm of possibility."

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      Demonstrators protest Russia's invasion of Ukraine

      Amid 'Heightened' Fears of Nuclear War, Dem Lawmakers Urge US to Join Arms Summit

      "The United States has a—sadly—unique perspective on the human consequences of the production, testing, and use of nuclear weapons," the four lawmakers assert.

      Brett Wilkins
      Jun 17, 2022

      Amid the looming threat of nuclear escalation in Ukraine, a group of U.S. congressional Democrats on Friday urged the Biden administration to send delegates to a key upcoming nuclear disarmament summit in Austria.

      In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.), and Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.)--the four co-chairs of the Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group--urged the State Department to send senior officials to participate in the 2022 Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons Conference, which is set to begin in Vienna next week.

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      Greta Thunberg

      'Nature and Physics Will Not Fall for It': Greta Thunberg Rips Into Climate Theatrics of World Leaders

      "Let's be clear—what you are doing is not about climate action or responding to an emergency. It never was."

      Brett Wilkins
      Jul 02, 2021

      In the wake of the latest failure by the G7 nations to take meaningful steps to combat the climate emergency and record-breaking heatwaves on multiple continents, Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg on Friday accused world leaders of hypocrisy for persecuting climate activists while "pretending" to take the threat seriously.

      "Young people all over this planet are no longer falling for your lies."
      --Greta Thunberg to world leaders

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