ICRC, Red Crescent Call for End of Nuclear Weapons at Nayarit ICAN Conference UPI
go to original February 13, 2014

NUEVO VALLARTA - The International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement said Thursday from Mexico it is time to rid the world of nuclear weapons for good.

Delegates from the ICRC and Red Crescent met in Nayarit, Mexico, to discuss the potential humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons, saying it was time to eliminate nuclear weapons "once and for all."

"The debate about nuclear weapons must be shaped by a full grasp of the short-, medium- and long-term consequences of their use," ICRC Vice President Christine Beerli said in a statement.

After the lingering effects of the nuclear weapons attacks on Japan in 1945, the agencies said the international community needs to show the collective will to prevent their future use. Beerli said the destructive power of nuclear weapons has only grown since atomic weapons were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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