United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres gave a stern speech at the opening of the 10th Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, held today in New York, saying: a “miscalculation” of human suffering, a “extinction”. “it is.
“Humanity today is a misunderstanding, a miscalculation, far from nuclear destruction. So far we have been extraordinarily lucky. But luck is neither a strategy nor a shield against geopolitical tensions that turn into nuclear conflict.” said.
According to Guterres, the world is experiencing the most dangerous situation “since the Cold War” between 1947-1991. free world of nuclear weapons”.
“The elimination of nuclear weapons is the only guarantee that they will never be used. At least 13,000 such weapons are stored in arsenals around the world, and all this has weakened at a time when the risks of proliferation have increased and the guards are in place to prevent this escalation,” he added.
The group meeting was supposed to be held in 2020, but was delayed and rescheduled several times due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It is now taking place at a time of extreme geopolitical tension due to the war in Ukraine, where Russia is starting to speak publicly about using the “nuclear option” – although it later backed off. the government today admitted that it can already make such a weapon.
According to official information, there are nine countries that have an arsenal of nuclear bombs. Besides Russia, the USA, England, France, India, China, Israel, Pakistan and North Korea also have these weapons.
However, an agreement should not be reached on the reduction or elimination of such weapons. In 2015, the final text of the meeting was not approved due to “deep differences”.
The conference also included Guterres’s response to World War II on 6 August 1945. A repeated US attack on Nagasaki three days later ended the conflict.
Putin gave a speech
Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a video address to the event, which was broadcast by state news agency Tass, saying “there can’t be a winner in a nuclear war.”
“We start from the fact that a nuclear war will not be a winner and can never be started. We support equal and indivisible security for all members of the world community,” Putin said. said.
According to the Kremlin leader, one of the signatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, “Russia is constantly following the letter and spirit of the agreement. In addition, our obligations under bilateral agreements with the United States on the reduction and limitation of relevant arms are fully respected.”
Pope Francis
Pope Francis also used the moment to talk about such weapons. The Catholic leader, in a message on his social media account, described owning such weapons as “immoral”.
“The use and possession of nuclear weapons is immoral.
Trying to achieve stability and peace with a false sense of security and a ‘balance of terror’ inevitably leads to toxic relations between peoples and puts obstacles in the way of real dialogue.”
source: Noticias
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