ICRC, JRCS call on G7 leaders to prohibit use of nuclear weapons

AS G7 leaders gather in Hiroshima for their meeting, the world must remember the horror wrought by the two atomic bombings of 1945.

For the sake of the survival of humanity, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Japanese Red Cross Society (JRCS) said in a joint statement to free the world of weapons that threaten catastrophic humanitarian consequences and irreversible harm.