Dear MEL
Topic Readers,
Nuclear
destruction 'one impulsive tantrum away,' Nobel winners warn
How
many countries have these destructive nuclear weapons? The members of the United
Nations Security Council, also known as the Permanent Five, or P5, China,
France, Russia, the UK, and the US are all exempted from the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the Non-Proliferation
Treaty or NPT because they had built and tested a nuclear explosive device
before the treaty was signed. There are four other states are known to possess
nuclear weapons: India, Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea.
The
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, or ICAN, was awarded the 2017
Nobel Peace prize for its role in pushing for the NPT. Founded in 2007, ICAN is
a non-profit organization that includes 468 partner organizations in 101
countries.
One campaigner,
who was one of the victims of Hiroshima, said, “We must not tolerate this
insanity any longer.” The executive director of the organization also said that
nuclear war had been avoided not through prudent leadership but through good
fortune.
While
tensions mount in Korean Peninsula, no considerable action has been taken to
reduce or eliminate these weapons of mass destruction. Will their messages be
heard by the leaders of those nuclear-powered nations?
Enjoy
reading the text, watching the video and listening to the song for peace, and
think which crisis is more imminent for the world, nuclear weapons or global
warming.
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