World leaders 'must immediately take concrete steps to lead us from the dangerous present toward our ideal world,' Hiroshima's mayor said.
Hiroshima's Gov. Hidehiko Yuzai agreed with its mayor that deterrence had failed.
in remarks delivered at Sunday's ceremony by Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu.to light candles and incense and pray at a memorial for the victims of the Hiroshima bombings as the sun rose on Sunday, according to. At the exact time of the bombing, a peace bell rang out, followed by a moment of silence,Among them was Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who also called for peace.
"But it is precisely because of these circumstances that it is imperative for us to reinvigorate international momentum once more towards the realization of a 'world without nuclear weapons,'" he continued.
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