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The UN secretary general on Friday urged world leaders to be “clear-eyed” and eliminate nuclear weapons after a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Here are some of the reactions to Japan’s Nihon Hidankyo group being awarded the prize.
— UN chief: ‘devices of death’ —
“The atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as the Hibakusha, are selfless, soul-bearing witnesses of the horrific human cost of nuclear weapons,” the UN chief Antonio Guterres said in a statement.
“It is time for world leaders to be as clear-eyed as the Hibakusha, and see nuclear weapons for what they are: devices of death that offer no safety, protection, or security. The only way to eliminate the threat of nuclear weapons is to eliminate them altogether.”
— Germany: ‘never again’ —
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said the award was “really good news… especially in these brutal times when aggressive powers are threatening to use nuclear weapons, it’s even more important that the whole world makes clear that peace means that these weapons should never be used again”.
— EU: ‘Powerful message’ —
This year’s Nobel peace prize pick sent a “powerful message”, said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
“The spectre of Hiroshima and Nagasaki still looms over humanity,” she said.
“We have the duty to remember. And an even greater duty to protect the next generations from the horrors of nuclear war,” von der Leyen said on X.
— Japan: ‘Extremely meaningful’ —
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said the fact the prize was awaded to an organisation “which has spent many years working toward the abolition of nuclear weapons, is extremely meaningful”.
— ICAN: ‘important recognition’ —
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), which won the Nobel peace Prize in 2017, said the award “comes at a crucial moment when the risk of use of nuclear weapons is as high, if not higher, than it’s ever been”.
“Next year will mark the 80th anniversary of the catastrophic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It is more important than ever that the voices of the survivors and their urgent calls for action are heard and acted upon,” it added.
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