In Memory of Hiroshima

“The military doctrine of nuclear deterrence is regarded by a great number of countries as a prime obstacle to meaningful progress on nuclear disarmament. It exists as an elemental part of security force structures that hinder the development of our globalized and interdependent world. Moreover, it is used to justify the modernization of existing stockpiles of nuclear weapons, thus obstructing genuine nuclear disarmament… The logical course of action is clear: urgent and expedited progress leading to a global ban on nuclear weapons to accompany the global ban on other weapons of mass destruction such as chemical and biological weapons.” 

 ~Archbishop Francis Chullikat,
Permanent Observer of the Holy See,
in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty’s review process this spring

Courtesy of Pax Christi.  The nuclear bombing of Hiroshima–the first in human history–was sixty-nine years ago today.