UN chief says nuclear war can't be won, should not be fought
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday a nuclear war cannot be won and should not be fought.
“The make use of nuclear weapons would affect all states, meaning that all states have a responsibility to make certain that such deadly armaments should never be used again and so are eliminated completely from national arsenals,” the secretary-general said in his message on the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.
Calling on states that possess nuclear weapons “to come back to real, good-faith dialogue to revive trust and confidence, reduce nuclear risk and take tangible steps in nuclear disarmament,” the UN chief said that “they should reaffirm the shared knowing that a nuclear war can't be won and must not be fought. They should do something to implement the commitments they have undertaken.”
The UN General Assembly declared the international day in December 2013, in its resolution 68/32 as a follow-up to the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on nuclear disarmament held on Sept. 26, 2013, in New York. This day provides an occasion for the world community to reaffirm its commitment to global nuclear disarmament as important.
It provides an possibility to educate the public - and their leaders - about the true benefits associated with eliminating such weapons, and the social and financial costs of perpetuating them.
