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UN report is shows threat of nuclear war is ever present

18 Nov 24 https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/programs/pacificbeat/un-nuke-study/104613008

Pacific people have experienced firsthand the effects of nuclear weapons with the scars from large scale testing in places like the Marshall Islands and French Polynesia still being felt to this day.

But there’s fear that amid escalating conflict in other areas of the world, the devastating consequences of nuclear weapons are being forgotten.

Now a new UN study has been commissioned to show world leaders what’s at stake if nuclear bombs are allowed to be dropped once more.

“The way the world is right now, especially with what’s happening in Ukraine, things aren’t really so visible, like the commitments of nuclear weapon states to certain international treaties,” said Fiji’s permanent representative to the U.N. Filipo Tarakinikini.

November 20, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | weapons and war