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10 sie 2020 · Nuclear weapons are still one of the most serious threats to mankind, and the dangers are growing. Young people can play an important role in ensuring that they are eliminated once and for all,...
The evidence of harm caused by the use and testing of nuclear weapons takes on a renewed importance in a world in which the risk of nuclear weapons being used is increasing. From a humanitarian perspective, any measure to reduce the risk of nuclear weapons being used is to be welcomed.
28 sie 2024 · Nuclear weapons are still one of the most serious threats to mankind with severe ecological impacts. Disarmament and non-proliferation remain indispensable tools to help create a secure environment favourable to ensuring human development, as enshrined in the letter and the...
All nuclear weapons and nuclear energy producing nations have caused some level of environmental contamination, both in their own countries and abroad - such as, nuclear testing in the South Pacific, Nevada, Kazakhstan, China, India and Pakistan; water and airborne discharges from reprocessing plants in the UK and France; and uranium mining in ...
23 sty 2021 · The humanitarian and environmental consequences of atmospheric nuclear detonations are widely considered more severe than those underground, because the energy of the detonation is not contained and fission products can travel thousands of kilometers, before returning to the ground as fallout.
Substantive findings on the attitudes of children and adolescents toward the threat of nuclear war are reviewed. The evidence indicates that many youngsters are bewildered and perplexed by the threat of nuclear war. Some are frankly troubled or frightened.
16 mar 2022 · A threat of nuclear detonation — something like the Cuban Missile Crisis, for instance — may create in children a profound awareness of their mortality and vulnerability.
