Warnings over nuclear dangers as Hiroshima marks anniversary of atomic bombing

Calling for concrete actions on nuclear disarmament, Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said the indiscriminate weapons must be put beyond use.

Doves fly over the cenotaph dedicated to the victims of the atomic bombing during the ceremony marking the 77th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing, at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan (Kyodo News via AP)

Hiroshima has remembered the atomic bombing 77 years ago as officials, including the head of the United Nations, warned against nuclear weapons build-up and as fears grow of another such attack amid Russia’s war on Ukraine.

“Nuclear weapons are nonsense. They guarantee no safety – only death and destruction,” said UN secretary general Antonio Guterres, who joined the prayer at the Hiroshima Peace Park.