70 Years on Red Cross Hospitals still treat Thousands of Atomic Bomb Survivors
… Long-term Health Consequences of Nuclear Weapons Prepared by the International … the long-term health effects of exposure to nuclear radiation. The Japanese Red Cross …
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Seventy years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Reflections on the consequences of nuclear detonation
… opportunity to reflect on the human cost of nuclear weapons, the subject of an upcoming edition of … Maurer and Konoe reflect on the human cost of nuclear weapons and present the perspective of …
Japan: 70 years later, new fatal illnesses linked to nuclear bomb
… IMAGES COULD BE DISTRESSING. Many of today's nuclear bombs are ten times more powerful than … of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons failed to agree a move forward towards …
Memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki urge us to eliminate nuclear weapons
… among them are due to cancer. Yet the two nuclear bombs which caused such untold human … to most of the bombs in the arsenals of nuclear-armed States today. What more … ensure the complete elimination of nuclear weapons? Before it is too late. The horror …
Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
… and gone Images courtesy of Bob Frye www.thenuclearworld.com > > Hiroshima and …
Doctor answers questions from Facebook on diseases caused by atomic bombs
Meet Dr Masao Tomonaga, Honorary Director of the Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Hospital. Dr Tomonaga has cared for leukaemia patients, including atomic bomb survivors, and focused on how …
Hiroshima/Nagasaki atomic blasts still echo, 70 years on
… catastrophic health impact from the use of nuclear weapons on these two cities," said ICRC … there be for the complete elimination of nuclear weapons, especially as most of the …
Australia: 4th Commonwealth Red Cross and Red Crescent Conference on IHL
… Conflict: New Frontiers, New Actors and New Weapons 10 Working Groups: The Shared Work of … and Eradication 19 ii Working Group 6: Nuclear Weapons 20 Repression of IHL … iv NPT Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1968) PMSC Private military …
Colombia: Experts from 23 countries discuss challenges to humanitarian law
… Cyber warfare, autonomous weapons and the use of explosive weapons in … and the committees at the conference include: Nuclear weapons Cyber warfare Autonomous … Unidos de América. (15 minutos) Armas nucleares. México. Mariana Salazar Albornoz, …
National implementation of IHL: Ratification kits
… humanitarian law treaties by States. 1 - Weapons Anti-personnel mines 1997 Convention … of ratification / accession Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons , model instruments of …
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