TOKYO, August 6. /TASS/. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres once again did not mention that the United States was the country that carried out the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in his message marking its 81st anniversary.
UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu traditionally read out the message.
In previous years, Guterres also never directly named the United States as the country that carried out the atomic bombings in similar messages commemorating the anniversaries of the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Meanwhile, the UN chief said the entire world should ask itself several questions on this day. "Have we learned the lessons forged in flame here 81 years ago? Will humanity choose a future of peace? Or will we continue to live under the shadow of nuclear annihilation?" Guterres asked. He also acknowledged that the world is living at a time of "deepening geopolitical division, rising mistrust, and intensifying competition." "The norms and guardrails that have helped prevent a nuclear cataclysm are under strain," he added. "Let’s choose dialogue over division, cooperation over confrontation, and common security over narrow advantage," the UN secretary-general urged.
