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UN message for Hiroshima anniversary warns nuclear 'guardrails' are under strain
Summary
At a UN briefing, spokesperson Farhan read the secretary-general's Hiroshima message urging renewed arms‑control dialogue and saying 'peace is built through trust' as global non‑proliferation norms face pressure.
Farhan, speaking for the United Nations, read the secretary-general's message marking 81 years since the bombing of Hiroshima, emphasizing the need to prevent a nuclear catastrophe. "Peace is built through trust," he read, and the secretary-general warned that rising geopolitical divisions and mistrust mean existing norms "are under strain."
The statement urged parties to return to talks under the Treaty on the Non‑Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and to take steps to make the use of nuclear weapons "unthinkable." Farhan said the secretary-general has been publicly pressing for renewed dialogue and for states to extend arms‑control measures where possible.
