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Alert: Lessons of Nagasaki survivors should motivate the world to eliminate all nuclear weapons – UN chief

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9 August 2020

Lessons of Nagasaki survivors should motivate the world to eliminate all nuclear weapons – UN chief

UN Secretary General António Guterres on Sunday marked 75 years since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki with praise for the hibakusha, the survivors, who transformed their decades-long plight into a warning about the perils of nuclear weapons and an example of the triumph of the human spirit.

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Alert: On International Day, UN chief spotlights indigenous peoples’ resilience in face of the COVID-19 pandemic

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9 August 2020

On International Day, UN chief spotlights indigenous peoples' resilience in face of the COVID-19 pandemic

Inclusion and participation of the world's 476 million indigenous peoples must be ensured in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and on the road ahead towards recovery, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has underscored.

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The Manila Times Newsletter | August 09, 2020


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