Nobel Peace Peace Commander Ican against nuclear weapons

The 2017 Nobel Peace Prize went to a little-known but essential organization to accelerate the process of banning nuclear weapons. The award was awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Atomic Weapons (ICAN) for "its role in shedding light on the catastrophic consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its innovative efforts to arrive at a treaty prohibiting these weapons. . The director of the ICAN, for his part, immediately appealed to the US and North Korea - which continue to provoke each other - to stop rhetoric and constant mutual threats.

ICAN, a non-profit organization founded in 2007, brings together 406 partner organizations in 101 countries. It played a decisive role in arriving at the UN resolution of July 2017, which opens negotiations for a total ban. The ICAN award was greeted with exultation in Japan, the only nation in the world to be the victim of an atomic attack. Among the groups of 'hibakusha' - the survivors of the Hiroshima bomb - 92 year old Sunao Tsuboi expressed his gratitude to the committee. Several survivors in the past have been direct witnesses of public events organized by the ICAN, aimed at raising public awareness. The award is a message to states that have nuclear weapons, "said the director of the organization, Beatrice Fihn, hotly:" Continuing to base one's security on atomic weapons is an unacceptable attitude ", she continued, feeling deeply moved. "We are trying to send strong signals to those who have these weapons, North Korea, the United States, Russia, China, France, Great Britain, India and Pakistan: the threat of killing civilians is unacceptable," he added. "Through its innovative support for UN negotiations, ICAN has played a leading role in building what in our era is equivalent to an international peace congress," underlined Berit Reiss-Andersen, president of the Nobel Committee, explaining the reasons for the decision. “Some states are modernizing their nuclear arsenals, and there is a clear danger that other nations will attempt to procure nuclear weapons, as exemplified by the case of North Korea. These weapons constantly threaten humanity and all life on Earth. The international community has adopted bans against mines, fragmentation ammunition, chemical and biological weapons. Nuclear weapons are much more devastating and are still not subject to a similar prohibition, the committee's text continues. According to some experts, “the committee wanted to send a message to North Korea and the United States, inviting them to negotiate.