United Nations, United States, Oct 11, 2024 (AFP) - Nobel peace prize: UN chief calls for end to 'devices of death'

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2024-10-11

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Friday called on world leaders to eliminate all nuclear weapons which he described as "devices of death," after a group of Japanese atomic bomb survivors won the Nobel Peace Prize. "The atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as the hibakusha, are selfless, soul-bearing witnesses of the horrific human cost of nuclear weapons," Guterres said in a statement. "It is time for world leaders to be as c......

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