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https://www.apnews.com/1177e651a498...-73-years-since-A-bombing-as-UN-chief-attends
TOKYO (AP) — Nagasaki marked the anniversary of the world’s second atomic bombing Thursday with the United Nations chief and the city’s mayor urging global leaders to take concrete steps toward nuclear disarmament.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the first United Nations chief to visit Nagasaki, said fears of nuclear war are still present 73 years after the Nagasaki and Hiroshima bombings and that the attacks should never be repeated. He raised concerns about slowing efforts to denuclearize, saying existing nuclear states are modernizing their arsenals.
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The Hiroshima A-bombing came as a surprise; the Nagasaki A-bombing a few days later ended WWII in the Pacific. Now, as both sides modernize their vast nuclear weapons stockpiles, there is even more reason to fear it happening again & destroying life on Earth.
TOKYO (AP) — Nagasaki marked the anniversary of the world’s second atomic bombing Thursday with the United Nations chief and the city’s mayor urging global leaders to take concrete steps toward nuclear disarmament.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the first United Nations chief to visit Nagasaki, said fears of nuclear war are still present 73 years after the Nagasaki and Hiroshima bombings and that the attacks should never be repeated. He raised concerns about slowing efforts to denuclearize, saying existing nuclear states are modernizing their arsenals.
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The Hiroshima A-bombing came as a surprise; the Nagasaki A-bombing a few days later ended WWII in the Pacific. Now, as both sides modernize their vast nuclear weapons stockpiles, there is even more reason to fear it happening again & destroying life on Earth.