| The memory of the dozens of thousands people killed by
the nuclear tornado in those August days of 1945 calls for
our increased efforts so that to achieve as soon as possible
complete prohibition of all forms of weapons of mass destruction.
The end of the Cold War and fabulous material and human resources
wasted by the mankind for a dangerous confrontation set a
new challenge for the world: finding other methods and techniques
for provision of national security that would not involve
elimination of people.
In the 21st century the global security, including national
security systems of the states of the globe, represents above
all the need to address common human and global problems of
climate change, chemical and biological pollution and other
negative effects of modern civilisation.
Future generations will analyse our time and condemn us seeing
how a year after year, decade after decade, most of the world's
resources was spent on the means of self-destruction. It is
common knowledge that the funds spent on the arms race would
suffice for solution of virtually all the key problems of
the human civilization: fighting diseases, education, provision
of clean water and air for everyone, mitigation of climate
change, stop deforestation and desertification and depletion
of the world ocean resources.
The YABLOKO party is calling the nations of the world to
stop concealed and open development of new types of nuclear
and other kinds of weapons of mass destruction. World super-powers
should not help here to the new countries basing on short-term
mercenary interests and shortsighted policies.
Weapons of mass destruction have no a place on the planet!
Sergei Mitrokhin,
Chairman of the YABLOKO party
Acad. Alexei Yablokov,
Head of the Green Russia faction of the YABLOKO party
See also:
Arms
Control
YABLOKO
for Nuclear Safety
Protection
of Environment
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