Eishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib
(2022)
World without nuclear weapons a necessity.
NewStraits Time, - (-).
pp. 1-3.
Abstract
The war in Ukraine has sounded the alarm about the possible use of nuclear weapons, especially when, on Feb 27, President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia's nuclear forces to be placed on a "special combat regime".
Following this, on March 14, United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres stated that "the prospect of nuclear conflict, once unthinkable, is now back within the realm of possibility".
This is a "bone-chilling development", reinforced when UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu warned later that month about possible risk of "mushroom clouds appearing on the battlefield".
However, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov ruled out the possibility of using nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war, saying Russia would only use them if it faced an "existential threat" and the conflict has "nothing to do with" any threat to Russia's existence.
The question is why weapons with such destructive power are accumulated in some countries. What is the benefit to humanity if they have no good use, except death and destruction? Why not eradicate them?
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