The number of nuclear warheads in the world has reached about 13,000 | 2022-01-23 20:26:59 (Visits: 409 Times) |  | | 4 January 2022 UN Affairs
The development follows a warning from the Secretary-General at the end of last year over the grave danger posed by the 13,000 nuclear weapons currently believed to be held by a handful of countries. In an opinion article published internationally, Mr. Guterres said athis threat is growing by the year and “nuclear annihilation” is “just one misunderstanding or miscalculation away”. Mr. Guterres insisted that the NPT nuclear weapons treaty?remains the “main hope to reverse” the global arms race, before urging bold action on six fronts. First, Member States should chart a path forward on nuclear disarmament; second?they should agree new measures of transparency and dialogue, third, they should address “simmering nuclear crises” in the Middle East and Asia and fourth, strengthen existing bodies that support non-proliferation, including the UN atomic energy agency (IAEA). Mr. Guterres also called on countries to promote the peaceful use of nuclear technology for medical and other uses, which he said was one reason why the NPT had won the support of non-nuclear-weapons States. Finally, the world’s people – and especially its young people – needed to hear that eliminating nuclear weapons is the only way to guarantee that they will never be used.? |
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