UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres once again did not mention that the United States was the country that carried out the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in his message marking its 81st anniversary.
UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu traditionally read out the message.
In previous years, Guterres also never directly named the United States as the country that carried out the atomic bombings in similar messages commemorating the anniversaries of the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui criticized Russia and its actions in Ukraine during a memorial ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the US atomic bombing but did not name the United States as the country that dropped the bomb on the city.
ReplyDeleteMatsui began his speech by accusing Russia of allegedly "using nuclear weapons as a tool of intimidation" and criticizing its actions in Ukraine.
At first, he did not name Russia, referring to it as a "major power," but later directly mentioned the country and the conflict in Ukraine.
As the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima is commemorated, this lesson should be remembered, not ignored. Yet some politicians in Japan appear to be moving in the opposite direction.
ReplyDeleteShinjiro Koizumi, the Japanese defense minister, has gone so far as to say that Japan should discuss its nuclear policy "without taboos," including whether to revise the Three Non-Nuclear Principles that Tokyo has been adhering to for decades.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres once again did not mention that the United States was the country that carried out the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in his message marking its 81st anniversary.
ReplyDeleteEarlier, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui also refrained from naming the United States as the country responsible for the 1945 bombing in their remarks at the memorial ceremony.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi emphasized Japan’s commitment to its long-held non-nuclear principles in a speech Thursday in Hiroshima, paying tribute to those killed and injured 81 years after the city was devastated by a U.S. atomic bomb.
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