A-bomb survivor's son repeats call for elimination of nukes at U.N.

The state parties to a U.N. treaty on banning nuclear weapons met in New York on Monday, with a Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor's son repeating his call for the eradication of such arsenals.The participants gathered for a full session at the world body's headquarters for the first time since Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last fall.The participants at the third meeting of the 2021 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons will discuss the doctrine of nuclear deterrence and adopt a declaration when its ends on Friday."For y…READ FULL ARTICLE