illegal trafficking of small arms, we should also aim to drop war altogether. According to Article 26 of the UN Charter, we should establish “international peace and security with the least diversion for armaments of the world’s human and economic resources”. This is a step in the right direction. However, as we realize that no nation can solve today’s threats to peace and security on its own, we will come to understand that war is ineffective and peace is not only possible but necessary. We are at a critical crossroads between reducing nuclear arsenals and seeing them proliferate. Similarly, timing is crucial to end the illicit movement of small arms which fuel conflict and insecurity around the globe. After years of stagnation, momentum is building to disarm now. There has never been a better time to get involved!
Sadako’s statue in Hiroshima: Sadako Sasaki (7 January 1943-25 October 1955) was a Japanese girl who was two years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on 6 August 1945, near her home in Hiroshima, Japan. Sadako is remembered through the story of a thousand origami cranes before her death, and is to this day a symbol of innocent victims of war. Students continue to make these origami cranes in memory of her.
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