Nuclear weapons are the most dangerous weapons on Earth and in the hands of those who wish widespread destruction it is something to be very afraid of. The worlds in trouble and we need to secure it and the only way we can is to abolish nuclear weapons but that turn around just cannot happen overnight we need a clear and concise plan of disarmament and all states have to be willing to put aside their need for power over the greater good of humanity.
The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have had an everlasting impact on history. The use of nuclear weapons was the first of its kind in a matter of minutes a whole city can be destroyed. Your death is almost instantaneous, your body is vaporized in a flash, people in buildings who will die indirectly …show more content…
The Declaration of St. Petersburg; November 29,1868 “On the proposition of the Imperial Cabinet of Russia, an International Military Commission having assembled at St. Petersburg in order to examine into the expediency of forbidding the use of certain in times of war between civilized nations, and that Commission, having by common agreement fixed the technical limits at which the necessities of war ought to yield to the requirements of humanity, the undersigned are authorized by the orders of their Governments to declare as follows: Considering that the progress of civilization should have the effect of alleviating as much as possible the calamities of war: That the only legitimate object which States should endeavour to accomplish during war is to weaken the military forges of the enemy; That for this purpose it is sufficient to disable the greatest possible number of men; That this object would be exceeded by the employment of arms which uselessly aggravate the sufferings of disabled men, or render their death inevitable; That the employment of such arms would, therefore, be contrary to the laws of humanity.” Though the United States of
The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have had an everlasting impact on history. The use of nuclear weapons was the first of its kind in a matter of minutes a whole city can be destroyed. Your death is almost instantaneous, your body is vaporized in a flash, people in buildings who will die indirectly …show more content…
The Declaration of St. Petersburg; November 29,1868 “On the proposition of the Imperial Cabinet of Russia, an International Military Commission having assembled at St. Petersburg in order to examine into the expediency of forbidding the use of certain in times of war between civilized nations, and that Commission, having by common agreement fixed the technical limits at which the necessities of war ought to yield to the requirements of humanity, the undersigned are authorized by the orders of their Governments to declare as follows: Considering that the progress of civilization should have the effect of alleviating as much as possible the calamities of war: That the only legitimate object which States should endeavour to accomplish during war is to weaken the military forges of the enemy; That for this purpose it is sufficient to disable the greatest possible number of men; That this object would be exceeded by the employment of arms which uselessly aggravate the sufferings of disabled men, or render their death inevitable; That the employment of such arms would, therefore, be contrary to the laws of humanity.” Though the United States of