City Nagasaki, south Japancommemorated this Tuesday 77th anniversary of devastating nuclear attack devastating the city in the context of concerns about the war in Ukraine Loss of momentum for global nuclear disarmament.
During the event, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida lamented the lack of progress in the denuclearization movement and said that the tragedy that took place in this Japanese city after the 1945 atomic attack “never repeat“The urge for nuclear disarmament is suffering, so Japan will work resolutely for a world without atomic weapons. No matter how hard it is,” the Japanese president said at the ceremony.
The ceremony held in front of the Peace Monument, located near the epicenter of the explosion, started with hymns as well as flowers and water in memory of the martyrs. He suffered internal and external burns during the explosion and desperately asked the rest of the survivors for water to quench their thirst.
A minute’s silence was held at 11:02, when the bomb exploded. ‘hibakusha’ – atomic bomb survivors joined– those who are currently at least 77 years old and have survived the ravages of war and the effects of radiation
The Prime Minister of Japan also emphasized. The Importance of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty The (NPT), enacted in 1970 in the midst of the Cold War, prohibits any country that is not part of the United States, United Kingdom, and China powers from possessing nuclear weapons. , France and Russia (later the Soviet Union). “During this treaty review conference, I advocated strengthening it. Even now, in a time of difficult security, we must make sure that nuclear weapons are not used and that Nagasaki is the last city to be bombed with atomic bombs,” Kishida said. said. .
Ukraine concern
Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue also benefited from the meeting. Concerns about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the danger of triggering another nuclear attack. “This has shown the world that the use of nuclear weapons is a threat, not an unfounded fear. concrete and current crisis. “Taue has made us face the reality that as long as there are nuclear weapons, humanity is at risk.”
The mayor also asked the Japanese government to ratify the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty, which came into force in 2021 and would force the Asian country to renounce nuclear protection provided by the United States.
This treatise contains Prohibitions of developing, producing, possessing, using or threatening It aims to send a clearer and stronger message than the use of nuclear weapons and the NPT, to which Japan is a party, in addition to the provisions on aid to victims and environmental resolution.
“The indiscriminate attack in Ukraine reminded me of what we went through in Nagasaki. harm and suffering to many people. “This raised my fear that I might grill something similar again,” he said.
For many ‘hibakusha’ the situation in Ukraine has been a concern. new fear of nuclear escalation and they show their sympathy for the cause and plight of the Ukrainians displaced by the war.
On August 9, the ‘Fat Man’ bomb was dropped on Nagasaki and exploded at 11:02 am at an altitude of 470 meters with an explosion equivalent to 21 kilotons of TNT. more than 40% of the city was destroyed. Nagasaki has been one of the most important ports in southern Japan for centuries and was destroyed by World War II for its commercial activities that included shipping, artillery and other military equipment.
It is estimated that some 40,000 people died during the bombardment. atomic and number will rise more 70,000 in the following months. About 400,000 people have been killed in both cities to date, including the bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August.
Source: Informacion
