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      United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres

      On Nagasaki Anniversary, UN Chief Warns 'Humanity Now Confronts a New Arms Race'

      "We will not sit idly by as nuclear-armed states race to create even more dangerous weapons," he said, calling for abolishing such arms.

      Jessica Corbett
      Aug 09, 2023

      Nearly eight decades after the United States dropped an atomic bomb codenamed "Fat Man" on the Japanese city of Nagasaki, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday was among the voices around the world renewing calls for eliminating nuclear weapons.

      In a message to the Nagasaki Peace Memorial on the 78th anniversary of the 1945 bombing, Guterres said that "this ceremony is an opportunity to remember a moment of unmatched horror for humanity."

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      School children pray for peace with lifted, linked hands.

      No More Nagasakis

      Any use of nuclear weapons is unacceptable; we will not sit idly by as nuclear-armed states race to create even more dangerous weapons.

      Antonio Guterres
      Aug 09, 2023

      The following is United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres’ message to the Nagasaki Peace Memorial on the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, held today.

      This ceremony is an opportunity to remember a moment of unmatched horror for humanity—the use of atomic weapons on Nagasaki 78 years ago.

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      Members of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons hold signs reading “#nuclear ban.”

      Your Doctor Is Worried: Our Prescription for Survival

      This month in an unprecedented move, over 100 international medical journals came together in a joint editorial realizing the urgency of the moment to warn about the dangers of nuclear war.

      Robert Dodge
      Aug 09, 2023

      Seventy-eight years ago the global arms race was ignited with the development and use of the first atomic bombs that were dropped over the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In a flash, mankind had perfected the means of destroying all life.

      From that moment to the present day, medical science has grappled with the devastating medical and humanitarian consequences of nuclear war. From the unique and lasting injuries of atomic weapons caused by radionuclide exposure to the universal injuries caused by massive burns, to the discovery of strontium-90 in human baby teeth resulting from atmospheric testing, and ultimately working with climate scientists to reveal the most dangerous effects of catastrophic climate change that would follow even a limited regional nuclear war, the medical community has fought for the elimination of these weapons.

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