Summary:
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The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons claims that the United States started delivering new nuclear warheads to Europe in December 2022 as a further escalation.
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“Grave risk” of anarchy UN had warned that “we are at grave risk of the Rule of Lawlessness” as he sketched a bleak image of citizens suffering from deadly conflicts, increasing poverty, and soaring hunger around the globe.
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Additionally, millions of youngsters are suffering from military conflicts. According to the UN Children Fund (UNICEF), more than 400 million children live in conflict-affected areas, and an estimated 1 billion children, or nearly half of all children worldwide, reside in nations that are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
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Since the end of World War II, there have never been as many children in need of humanitarian aid as there are today. “
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To provide humanitarian aid to more than 110 million children across 155 countries and territories, UNICEF has appealed for 10.3 billion US dollars.
As if the 100 billion dollars in weaponry and aid the US has already given Ukraine weren’t enough, the US has now begun to put its brand-new, more lethal nuclear warheads in Europe.
The US $100 billion will be added to the arms and assistance that 40 of Washington’s “allies,” mainly Europe, have been delivering to Ukraine since Russia invaded the country in February 2022.
In less than a year, the US has spent more on the Ukrainian conflict than the UN has requested to partially ease the horrible suffering of more than one billion people over two years.
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons claims that the United States started delivering new nuclear warheads to Europe in December 2022 as a further escalation. The B61-12 warhead is “a more advanced warhead than the ones currently deployed in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Turkey,” it adds (ICAN).
The new guided-tail component for the bomb was created by Boeing, providing it with increased maneuverability and the impression of being more precise.
ICAN states that it is a nuclear weapon with variable yields ranging from 0.3 to 50 kt.
Nuclear Warheads are much more damaging
These bombs can explode below the surface of the Earth, making them more devastating against underground targets than 83 Hiroshima bombs or a surface-burst weapon with a yield of 1,250 kilotons.
Even though the US retains launch authority and the bombs are American, they would most certainly be dropped by Europeans. ICAN says that if the US decides to use its nuclear weapons on Germany, the warheads are put into German aircraft and sunk by a German pilot.
The 2017 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to this Geneva-based coalition of 652 non-governmental partner organizations in 107 countries for its work encouraging adherence to and implementing the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
“Brutal battle for power”
One of the reasons why the most powerful nations are currently driving the globe into the depths of lawlessness is the production, testing, and use of nuclear weapons. In actuality, the UN leader has raised the alarm once more.
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, stated that States continue to break international law with impunity, from producing nuclear weapons unlawfully to using force without authorization.
In his 12 January statement to the UN Security Council, where the US, Russia, China, the UK, and France retain a self-attributed capacity to veto the will of more than 190 states and members of the UN, he cautioned that the rule of law stands between peace and “violent fight for power.”
“Grave risk” of anarchy
The UN head warned that “we are at grave risk of the Rule of Lawlessness” as he sketched a bleak image of citizens suffering from deadly conflicts, increasing poverty, and soaring global hunger.
The rule of law is the first defence against atrocity crimes and “protects the vulnerable, prohibits prejudice, strengthens faith in institutions, fosters inclusive economies and societies.”
The illegal nuclear weapons programme of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea was also mentioned by Guterres, along with the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the killing of Palestinians and Israelis, gender-based apartheid in Afghanistan, violence and serious human rights violations in Myanmar, and a severe institutional crisis in Haiti.
Meanwhile…
The UN Development Program warns that the globe is in disarray and is experiencing an “ongoing convergence of crises for which traditional response and recovery are not enough” (UNDP).
“Our future is in jeopardy as nearly no country is spared by wars, plagues, the climate emergency, and economic turmoil.
The UNDP continues, “We face never-before-seen threats to our future, from the war in Ukraine that caused a worldwide cost of the living crisis to the climate emergency, the floods in Pakistan, the global pandemic, starvation in the Horn of Africa, and the catastrophe in Yemen.
Due to “cascading worldwide crises,” which account for more than half of the world’s poorest population, developing economies urgently require debt relief. Without action, poverty will worsen, and crucial investments in climate change mitigation and adaptation won’t be made.
Additionally, millions of youngsters are suffering from military conflicts
According to the UN Children Fund (UNICEF), more than 400 million children live in conflict-affected areas, and an estimated 1 billion children, or nearly half of all children worldwide, reside in nations that are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
Additionally, 8 million children under 5 in 15 crisis-affected countries are at risk of dying from severe wasting, and at least 36.5 million children have been uprooted from their homes.
Since the end of World War II, there have never been as many children in need of humanitarian aid as there are today. “Children are experiencing a historic confluence of crises” worldwide, including war and displacement, infectious disease outbreaks, and skyrocketing hunger rates.
To provide humanitarian aid to more than 110 million children across 155 countries and territories, UNICEF has appealed for 10.3 billion US dollars.
