'Let's eliminate these weapons before they eliminate us,' U.N. Secretary-General antonioguterres said at the start of a summit of Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons nations in Vienna.
"Let's eliminate these weapons before they eliminate us," U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said at the start of a summit in Vienna.Warning of the heightened threat of nuclear war in a"world rife with geopolitical tensions and mistrust," United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday called upon nuclear nations to join the scores of countries that have adopted a landmark treaty banning atomic weapons.
"These weapons offer false promises of security and deterrence—while guaranteeing only destruction, death, and endless brinksmanship," Guterres said in his video message.Guterres lamented that the"terrifying lessons" of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan—the only nuclear war ever waged—are fading from memory. With nine nations now armed with over 13,000 nuclear weapons, the U.N.
"This is a recipe for annihilation," Guterres stressed."We cannot allow the nuclear weapons wielded by a handful of states to jeopardize all life on our planet. We must stop knocking at doomsday's door."
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