ICAN Statement at the conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons

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Civil society has come together to ask governments to recognize and address the humanitarian consequences of nuclear explosions.

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[freedplanet]

In the video is stated that Biological and Chemical weapons are illegal. A heroic effort to also ban Atomic weapons was made by the International Court of Justice ICJ in the Hague. On 8th July 1996 in an advisory opinion, ICJ found that 'the threat or use of nuclear weapons would generally be contrary to international law.' Read more about it at Wikipedia.

[Drika Ricci]

Sad to see such madness... created by humans to destroy humans! No other living matter is capable of such stupidity.

[Bobbie Paul]

Thanks for this very effective video. We can't hear it enough. Or wince and feel responsibility for our nation's lack of concern.

[WCCworld]

Thank you for organizing the civil society forum in Oslo! As the World Council of Churches general secretary has said: “We strongly affirm the responsibility of all governments to examine the impact of nuclear weapons on human health, the biosphere and the means of life. People everywhere have been denied rigorous, public, evidence-based scrutiny of weapons which are too terrible for any use. ”