{"id":11052,"date":"2023-08-08T11:05:34","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T09:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/?post_type=news&p=11052"},"modified":"2023-08-08T11:05:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T09:05:34","slug":"remembering-the-horrors-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-and-renewing-the-call-for-a-world-free-from-nuclear-weapons","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/remembering-the-horrors-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-and-renewing-the-call-for-a-world-free-from-nuclear-weapons\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering the\u00a0horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki\u00a0and renewing the call for a world free from nuclear weapons\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week, as the world marks the 78th anniversary of the devastating nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, UNI Global Union stands in solemn remembrance of the 225,000 lives lost\u00a0in 1945, and all those who suffered the long-term consequences of radiation and trauma.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

UNI also calls for renewed urgency in the fight to ensure a nuclear-weapon-free world in the wake of troubling threats and increasing instability around the world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cWe mark this somber anniversary by remembering the those who lost their lives, lost their families or who were irrevocably harmed. We must fight to ensure that weapons like these are never used again,\u201d said Christy Hoffman, UNI Global Union General Secretary. \u201cIn a world facing increasing turmoil and a growing nuclear threat \u2014 especially with the war in Ukraine \u2014 the call for peace and an end to these weapons is more urgent than ever.\u201d No\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

UNI Global Union has been a vocal advocate for a world free from nuclear weapons, recognizing that their existence is fundamentally incompatible with human rights. As a member of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, the federation continues to champion the cause for global disarmament.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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\u201cA secure, democratic future in our region and across the globe requires peace, and it is undermined by the existential threat these weapons create,\u201d said Rajendra Acharya, Regional Secretary of UNI Asia & Pacific. \u201cThis week is a time for remembrance, reflection and solidarity with those families who were affected.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

Since its 2010 congress held in Nagasaki, UNI has cultivated strong ties with the city and the international peace movement, reinforcing the need for a secure, democratic future that consigns<\/span>\u00a0these weapons to history<\/p>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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