With great anticipation, as nuclear crises are spreading to both North Korea and Iran. The Nuclear Disarmament Group won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017 for its 10-year campaign to rid the world of the atomic bomb. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said that the International Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons (AICAN) was awarded the prize for drawing attention to the disastrous humanitarian consequences of the use of weapons Nuclear weapons, and its efforts to reach a treaty based on the prohibition of such weapons.
For more than 70 years since the use of atomic bombs in the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and with tension over the North Korean crisis. The Nobel Committee sought to highlight Aikan's efforts to rid the world of nuclear weapons, and Nobel Peace Prize Chairman Berriet Rees praised the Aikan campaign, while tensions remain with regard to the testing of nuclear weapons in North Korea. But US President Donald Trump has questioned Iran's nuclear deal.
About the campaign
Is a coalition of non-governmental organizations in 100 countries, not including the nine known nuclear powers. The group has been particularly inspired by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for its work that led to the Mine Ban Treaty. In 2007, ICANN began organizing marches and began to attract high-level support from mayors, Nobel laureates and arms inspectors and its supporters around the world.
"Some countries are modernizing their nuclear arsenals and there is a real danger. "Nuclear weapons pose a continuing threat to humanity and to life on earth, and through binding international agreements, the international community has previously banned the prohibition of landmines, cluster munitions and biological and chemical weapons, and although Nuclear weapons are more destructive, but no similar international legal prohibition has yet been put in place. "
"It is a great honor to recognize them and appreciate their role as a driving force behind the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, adopted on July 7 with the support of 122 countries," said the Aikan campaign. The treaty prohibits any nuclear activity, including the development of weapons The United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia and China - the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, all possessing nuclear arsenals - have not participated in the treaty negotiations.
"The belief of some governments that nuclear weapons are a legitimate and necessary source of security is not only misleading but also dangerous because it incites proliferation and legitimizes disarmament," the statement said. "All countries must reject these weapons completely before they can be used again," he said. That US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-yun must know that nuclear weapons are illegal. "The specter of nuclear conflict looms again, and if there is a moment for nations to declare their unequivocal opposition to nuclear weapons, right Now"
The organization's chief executive told reporters that she thought the award was a "joke" after receiving a phone call from the Nobel Committee only moments before the announcement. She said the award was "very important" in an effort to abolish nuclear weapons, she told reporters in Geneva. It is important to raise awareness of this issue. As the treaty declared that this type of conduct is illegal "
"The award sends a very strong signal that this is unacceptable, and you must stop and that you are forced to join the majority of countries in the world that concluded that this is unacceptable and illegal"
Finally ...
Ikean's humanitarian position again not only highlights its direct destructive capabilities, but also draws attention to the amount of money spent on it, which exceeds $ 105 billion a year globally, an amount that can be spent to alleviate human suffering elsewhere!
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