Irresponsible nuclear rhetoric is growing globally. Such rhetoric, along with opaque arsenals and the emergence of new actors seeking nuclear capabilities, “endangers international peace and security,” a statement from the bloc’s foreign policy chief said.

The President of the European Council, António Costa, also urged the world not to forget the horrors caused by nuclear weapons and warned that humanity still bears those scars today.

Today, we honor the memory of the victims and reaffirm our unwavering commitment to peace, disarmament, and a world free of nuclear weapons, she added.

The United States’ decision to drop atomic bombs on the civilian populations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively, has been questioned for years by numerous historians.

This decision was made by the American government at the end of World War II, when the war was almost won by the Allies.

The massacre led to Japan’s unconditional surrender; but the human cost is still being paid today.

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