The UN Secretary General did not name the country that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima

UN Secretary General António Guterres, in his speech about the atomic bombing of Japanese Hiroshima in 1945, did not mention the United States. This should from the statement of the Secretary General, which was read by his representative for disarmament Izumi Nakamitsu.

“Nearly eight decades ago, nuclear weapons reduced Hiroshima to ashes. However, anyone who has been here knows that the memories will never fade.

Guterres noted that the UN is “proud to support the people of Hiroshima and the survivors of the bombing in order to preserve the memory of what happened here.” “And also for the lessons that humanity must learn to ensure a secure future,” the statement added.

The General Secretary said that “the drums of nuclear war are beating again” and “the nuclear shadow that hung over the world during the Cold War has reappeared.” According to him, some countries “recklessly rattling the nuclear sword again, threatening to use this means of destruction.”

At the same time, the mayor of Hiroshima Kazumi Matsui, in a speech on the 78th anniversary of the American bombing, called the concept of nuclear deterrence of the leaders of the G7 countries (“Big Seven”) “stupidity”. “Leaders around the world must face the reality that the nuclear threats currently being voiced by some politicians demonstrate the failure of the theory of nuclear deterrence,” said the mayor (quote according to Reuters).

The atomic bombs “Kid” and “Fat Man” were dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in western Japan on August 6 and 9, 1945. About 214,000 people died as a result of American bombing of two Japanese cities. This was the only case in history of the combat use of nuclear weapons.