Impressed by the hibakusha, survivors of the atomic bombings on the finish of World Struggle Two who turned their struggling into a strong attraction for peace, António Guterres renewed his name for a world freed from nuclear weapons in a video message to the eleventh Basic Convention of Mayors for Peace in Nagasaki.
United towards nuclear weapons, the convention is a chance for mayors from world wide to debate and undertake key priorities in assist of worldwide denuclearisation.
‘No place in our world’
“Nuclear weapons don’t have any place in our world,” mentioned Mr. Guterres in his video-message, as they solely provide the “phantasm of security and the knowledge of devastation,” he mentioned.
Calling for the overall elimination of nuclear weapons, the Secretary-Basic urged all individuals on the convention to “hold mobilising communities, inspiring younger individuals, and constructing peace from the bottom up.”
“I urge all States to recommit to nuclear disarmament,” he mentioned.
A greater world
“I commend Mayors for Peace in your unwavering dedication to a greater world,” mentioned Secretary-Basic, because the group goals at creating actual momentum for the realisation of a peaceable world with out nuclear weapons.
In honour of the hibakusha, and within the reminiscence of the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Mr. Guterres made an impassioned name for motion to finish the nuclear risk as soon as and for all.
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