Expert of the UN affirms that we are close to a nuclear war
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Photo: RHCNew York, May 22. - A UN security expert warns that the risk of using a nuclear weapon in the world has already reached the highest level since the Second World War.
According to Renata Dwan, director of the United Nations Disarmament Research Institute (UNIDIR), on Tuesday, 122 countries around the world signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, both out of frustration and knowledge of the risks of an eventual nuclear war.
The pact in question has so far reached 23 of the 50 ratifications it requires to enter into force, but countries with nuclear weapons such as the United States and Russia have strongly opposed.
"I think this is genuinely a call to recognize, and this has been somewhat lacking in coverage of the issue in the media, that the risk of a nuclear war is particularly high now and that the risk of using nuclear weapons [...] ] is greater than at any time since the Second World War, "warns the expert.
Dwan, considering that the nuclear risk is "urgent" and should be taken seriously by the world, also said that the outlook on the control of nuclear weapons is changing, partly because of the strategic competition between the US and China.
There are other nations that have a nuclear weapon such as India, Pakistan and Israel. (RHC)
According to Renata Dwan, director of the United Nations Disarmament Research Institute (UNIDIR), on Tuesday, 122 countries around the world signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, both out of frustration and knowledge of the risks of an eventual nuclear war.
The pact in question has so far reached 23 of the 50 ratifications it requires to enter into force, but countries with nuclear weapons such as the United States and Russia have strongly opposed.
"I think this is genuinely a call to recognize, and this has been somewhat lacking in coverage of the issue in the media, that the risk of a nuclear war is particularly high now and that the risk of using nuclear weapons [...] ] is greater than at any time since the Second World War, "warns the expert.
Dwan, considering that the nuclear risk is "urgent" and should be taken seriously by the world, also said that the outlook on the control of nuclear weapons is changing, partly because of the strategic competition between the US and China.
There are other nations that have a nuclear weapon such as India, Pakistan and Israel.