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Date: 6 Aug 2013 14:00:00 -0400
Subject: ON ANNIVERSARY OF HIROSHIMA ATOMIC BOMBING, UN OFFICIALS URGE
NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
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ON ANNIVERSARY OF HIROSHIMA ATOMIC BOMBING, UN OFFICIALS URGE NUCLEAR
DISARMAMENTNew York, Aug 6 2013 2:00PMTrue security is based on
people's welfare and not on military annihilation, senior United
Nations officials said today, marking the 68th anniversary of the
atomic bombing of Hiroshima and later Nagasaki, and honouring the
survivors of the bombings known as 'hibakusha.'
"We are united in countering the erroneous view that security is
achieved through the pursuit of military dominance and threats of
mutual annihilation," Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in his
<"http://www.un.org/sg/statements/index.asp?nid=7003">message to the
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony.
He added that security is based on a thriving economy, strong public
health and education programmes, and on fundamental respect for our
common humanity, and not on military prowess.
"I appeal for universal adherence to the United Nations Charter, which
emphasizes peace, disarmament, a prohibition on threats or use of
force, and social and economic development," he said in the message,
which was delivered by Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Secretary of the UN
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
Around 50,000 people reportedly gathered in front of the Hiroshima
Peace City Memorial Monument to mark a minute of silence, light
incense and paper lanterns, and pray near the epicentre of the
explosion that took place on 6 August, 1945. The bombing, along with
the attack on Nagasaki three days later, killed more than 400,000
people.
Sachiko Matsuo was in fifth grade when her home in Nagasaki was hit.
"Suddenly, a very strong, yellowish-whitish light flashed up over
there and I was thrown back," she said in an interview given to the
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). "When I
came to, I realized I was standing on bare soil with nothing on it,
not even grass.
"My oldest sister was only 700 metres away and was buried under the
house. When we found her, all that was left of her was white ash."
The President of the General Assembly, Vuk Jeremic, who attended this
year's Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima, said he felt privileged
to be organizing the first-ever high-level meeting of the Assembly on
nuclear disarmament to be held on 26 September.
"I hope this will be a significant step forward in fulfilling our goal
to excise atomic weapons, so that the sufferings of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki of sixty-eight years ago may never repeat," Mr. Jeremic said
at the ceremony.
Mr. Ban said there is a "surge of new interest" in nuclear disarmament
based largely on an increasing awareness of the horrific humanitarian
consequences of nuclear weapons.
The UN chief, who has made nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation a
top priority, said disarmament frees up resources which could be
channelled to address major global threats, including poverty, hunger
and disease.
"It can contribute to our efforts to reach the Millennium Development
Goals by 2015 and support the realization of a sustainable future for
all humankind," Mr. Ban stated in a separate message to the World
Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs in Hiroshima.
Mr. Ban put forward in 2008 a five-point plan that includes
recommendations on increasing security, verification, establishing a
legal framework for nuclear disarmament, transparency and conventional
weapons.
In Geneva, the UN Conference on Disarmament today heard a statement by
Japan marking the anniversary of the atomic bombings. Established in
1979 and with a current membership of 65 countries, the Conference has
produced landmark disarmament instruments such as the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), the Chemical Weapons
Convention and the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).
The Executive Secretary of the CTBTO, Lassina Zerbo, said the bombings
of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are a "reminder of what horrors nuclear
weapons can inflict."
He added that while nuclear testing allows countries to develop even
more powerful nuclear weapons, "the Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty
makes it difficult for countries to proceed with such an endeavour."
The CTBT bans all nuclear explosions in all environments, for military
or civilian purposes. It was adopted by the General Assembly in
September 1996 but has not yet entered into force.
Out of a total listed number of 195 States, 183 have so far signed the
CTBT and 159 have ratified it. For the treaty to enter into force,
ratification is required from the so-called Annex 2 States. Of these,
China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Egypt, India, Iran,
Israel, Pakistan and the United States have yet to ratify it.Aug 6
2013 2:00PM
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