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Leaders of Atomic Bomb Survivors Awarded Nobel Peace Prize On Saturday they warned that risk of nuclear war increases, renewing its call to cancellation nuclear weapons.

“International situation it’s getting worseand now wars are being fought while countries threaten to use nuclear weapons,” he said. Shigemitsu TanakaAmerican bomb survivor Nagasaki in 1945 and co-leader of the group Nihon Hidankyo.

I fear that we, as humanity, are on the path to self-destruction. The only way to stop this is to abolish nuclear power.

In awarding the survivors, the Norwegian Nobel Committee highlighted the devastating effects of the atomic bombings. Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the long-term work of the Japanese group to rid the world of nuclear weapons.

The group’s efforts have crucial in the modern world– stated the committee. Country not specified.

Russian President, Vladimir Putinnoted last month that Moscow would consider responding with nuclear weapons if USA and its allies allow Ukraine to attack Russian territory with long-range Western missiles.

On Friday, the Japanese Nihon Hidankyo Association received the Peace Prize “for its efforts to create a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through their testimony that nuclear weapons should never be used again,” said the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

The Coalition Against Nuclear Weapons said Friday it hopes the Nobel Peace Prize will discourage apathy around the growing risk of its use.

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), based in Geneva, received the 2017 Peace Prize for its efforts to promote compliance with the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

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Daniel Hogsta– said his deputy director Reuters it was “absolutely excited” Nihon Hidankyo, representing survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

“It couldn’t have happened at a better time.”he stated.

“That is, it is generally accepted that the risk of using nuclear weapons right now It’s as high or maybe even higher than ever.“

According to Reuters