A - Bomb Survivor Calls For Abolition Of Nuclear Arms
A survivor of Hiroshima's atomic bombing has called for global nuclear disarmament.
Sakuma Kunihiko, who heads an atomic bombing survivors group, shared his experiences ahead of a review conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
Sakuma was speaking at an event held at a church in New York. The review conference is set to start in the city on Monday at UN headquarters.
Sakuma was 9 months old when he was exposed to the fallout from the atomic explosion.
He said he has had poor health since childhood and faced discrimination. Sakuma said he experienced the inhumanity of nuclear weapons firsthand and that the tragedy inflicted by them must never be repeated anywhere in the world.