But The Nuclear Powers Still Cling Tenaciously

The Chief Task Was To Stop The Arms Race Before It Brought Utter Disaster. However, After The Collapse Of Communism And The Disintegration Of The Soviet Union, Any Rationale For Having Nuclear Weapons Disappeared.

My Third Appeal Is To My Fellow Citizens In All Countries: Help Us To Establish Lasting Peace In The World.

But The First The General Public Learned About The Discovery Was The News Of The Destruction Of Hiroshima By The Atom Bomb. A Splendid Achievement Of Science And Technology Had Turned Malign. Science Became Identified With Death And Destruction.

My Worry Is That Other Advances In Science May Result In Other Means Of Mass Destruction, Maybe More Readily Available Even Than Nuclear Weapons. Genetic Engineering Is Quite A Possible Area, Because Of These Dreadful Developments That Are Taking Place There.

So I Ask The Nuclear Powers To Abandon The Out-of-date Thinking Of The Cold War Period And Take A Fresh Look. Above All, I Appeal To Them To Bear In Mind The Long-term Threat That Nuclear Weapons Pose To Humankind And To Begin Action Towards Their Elimination.