ICRC launches campaign vs nuclear weapons

SEVENTY- FOUR years after nuclear weapons obliterated the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the risk that nuclear weapons will again be used is growing.

With this, the International Committee of the Red Cross is deeply concerned about a worrying erosion of the nuclear disarmament and arms control framework. The ICRC calls on concerned states and those in a position to influence them to reverse this distressing trend.

To stem the rising tide of nuclear risks in world politics, the ICRC, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies ( IFRC) and the wider International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement recently launched a global campaign that aims

to draw further attention of the public to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of a nuclear war, and ultimately

encourage people to urge their governments to sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

For more information, email mdesjonqueres@icrc.org or watch the campaign video on https://youtu.be/Yr5yh1O5mnA.

The Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital was severely damaged in the atomic bomb explosion in August 1945. Its staff— many of whom were injured—continued to perform their medical duty for the survivors. Seven decades on, the hospital continues to attend to the needs of thousands of people still suffering from ailments caused by radiation from the blast.