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The fears of nuclear war are still with humanity, 73 years since the catastrophic Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombs in August 1945, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterre says.
Mr Guterres regretted that today, States still spent large sums of money on arms and armies.
At the final stage of World War II, the U.S. detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively, killing at least 129,000 people and they remained the only use of nuclear weapons in the history of warfare.
The UN chief said: “sadly, 73 years on, fears of nuclear war are still with us.
“More than $1.7 trillion dollars was spent in 2017 on arms and armies – the highest level since the end of the Cold War and around 80 times the amount needed for global humanitarian aid.”
According to him, disarmament processes have slowed, and even come to a halt, and many States demonstrated their frustration by adopting the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in 2017.
“Let us also recognise the persistent peril of other deadly weapons. Chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction, and those being developed for cyberwarfare pose a grave threat.
[Premium Times]