The treaty will make the development, testing, stockpiling and use of nuclear weapons illegal for those countries that have signed it.Among them is a group of Japanese Catholics from Nagasaki whom I interviewed as part of my research collecting the oral histories of atomic bomb survivors.
![]() The United States has been particularly outspoken in its opposition to the treaty, warning last week the treaty turns back the clock on verification and disarmament and is dangerous to the 50-year-old Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). It has been signed by 190 countries, including those five nations. Japans former prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has said the treaty. Harry Stimson, the former US war secretary, argued in 1947 the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were necessary to compel the Japanese to surrender at the end of the second world war. It is unknown how many people were killed, but estimates range from 110,000 (the US armys toll) to 210,000 (the figure accepted by ICAN and others). Among monkeys, or chimpanzees, there are no animals who would carry out a genocide. Major Japanese financial institutions and companies have said they will no longer fund the production of nuclear weapons and nearly a third of all local assemblies have adopted proposals calling on the government to act. In August, Abe gave a speech at a memorial service in Nagasaki, in which he suggested the effects of the bombings had been overcome. Yet through the efforts of its citizens, it achieved reconstruction beautifully as we see today. Mindful of this, we again feel strongly that there is no trial that cannot be overcome and feel acutely how precious peace is. Japan Atomic Bombs Free Of NuclearIt is certainly their hope the ratification of the treaty now moves us one step closer to a world free of nuclear war. All rights reserved - Made by Mainlink AS Privacy Policy Terms Editorial Standard.
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