Guterres warns ‘nukes ‘danger, calls to eliminate weapons on Hiroshima Day

Anjali Sharma

GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 7th August. UN head Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for nuclear disarmament as the world marked 79 years of the bombing of Hiroshima, promised that the UN will “spare no effort to ensure the horrors of that day are never repeated.”

US dropped a bomb dubbed ‘Little Boy’ on Hiroshima, as World War II continued on August 6, 1945. The bombing resulted in immense devastation which killed and injured tens of thousands of people.

Mr. Guterres insisted that the threat of the use of nuclear weapons is not just “confined to history books” but a “real and present danger” today – once again looming large “in the daily rhetoric of international relations.”

UN disarmament chief Izumi Nakamitsu delivered a message Mr. Guterres said the lessons of Hiroshima which encourage disarmament and peace have been “pushed aside” but he recognised the people of Hiroshima’s efforts to ensure nuclear weapons are never used again.

He insisted that the use of nuclear weapons is unacceptable and “a nuclear war cannot be won – and must never be fought.”

He said this is a lesson that shows we need disarmament now.

Mr. Guterres said that global mistrust and division have grown, but we must ensure not to “press our luck again.as the Hiroshima Peace Memorial ceremony continued”

“Some are recklessly rattling the nuclear saber once more,” he said. “The world must stand together to condemn this unacceptable behaviour.”

He said it is a “critical opportunity for governments to renew their commitment to multilateralism, sustainable development and peace, and adopt an actionable and forward-looking Pact for the Future.”

Guterres said that conflict prevention, disarmament and a nuclear weapons-free world need to be at the heart of these efforts.

“We will never forget the lessons of 6 August 1945,” he said. “No more Hiroshimas. No more Nagasakis.”

Ms. Nakamitsu echoed that message online.

She also renewed her determination “to continue to work towards a world without nuclear weapons. For the security of all peoples in a statement on X.