Nobel Committee awards Nobel Peace Prize to atomic bomb survivors
The Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo, formed by survivors of the atomic bombs dropped by the United States on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee justified its decision on the movement's efforts to achieve a world “free of nuclear weapons”. teleSUR
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00:00And we go now to world news as on Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the
00:04Japanese group Nihon Kidankyo, formed by atomic bomb survivors, with the 2024 Peace Nobel
00:11Prize for their tireless work against the use of nuclear weapons.
00:17To find the laureate is, of course, even more challenging when dark sky is on the horizon,
00:22when conflicts are present around the world.
00:25But this year we want to highlight the important and the astonishing fact that nuclear weapons
00:29have not been used in 80 years, also because of the incredible work of the Nihon Kidankyo.
00:35This year's prize is both a wake-up call to the world, but it's also to recognize how
00:42individuals can stand up and create hope by telling their stories.
00:48And in this context, after receiving the award news, Kidankyo's Hiroshima branch executive
00:54highlighted the parallels between the current situation in Gaza and the devastation caused
00:59by the atomic bomb in Japan.
01:04After all, it is all about peace.
01:06The images of the children in Gaza covered with blood held by their parents remind me
01:11of Japan 80 years ago.
01:14Children lost their fathers in the war and lost their mothers with the nuclear bomb.
01:19They became orphans.