{"id":113006,"date":"2024-10-11T18:22:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T11:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113006"},"modified":"2024-10-11T18:22:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T11:22:53","slug":"nobel-peace-prize-2024-won-by-japans-nihon-hidankyo-for-efforts-to-rid-world-of-nuclear-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113006","title":{"rendered":"Nobel Peace Prize 2024 won by Japan\u2019s Nihon Hidankyo for efforts to rid world of nuclear weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm24gq838000v9mqs8in3dofl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The <a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.com\/2024\/10\/04\/world\/video\/nobel-prize-explained-digvid#:~:text=The%20Nobel%20Prize%20grants%20entry,the%20most%20sought%20after%20accolades.\">2024 Nobel Peace Prize<\/a> has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots Japanese organization of atomic bomb survivors from <a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.com\/2020\/08\/04\/world\/gallery\/hiroshima-nagasaki-atomic-bomb\/index.html\">Hiroshima and Nagasaki<\/a>, for its efforts \u201cto achieve a world free of nuclear weapons.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm24hqz81000i3b6mmdqzikzd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised the group \u201cfor demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm24i4jgi000r3b6m1jetsp4v@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Nihon Hidankyo, also known as Hibakusha, was formed by witnesses to the only two nuclear bombs ever to be used in war. The survivors have dedicated their lives to trying to rid the world of <a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.com\/2024\/10\/04\/asia\/north-korea-kim-jong-un-nuclear-weapons-intl-hnk\/index.html\">nuclear weapons<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm24i4zb2000u3b6muojcj9ae@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThe Hibakusha help us to describe the indescribable, to think the unthinkable, and to somehow grasp the incomprehensible pain and suffering caused by nuclear weapons,\u201d the committee said, announcing its decision in the Norwegian capital of Oslo on Friday.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/video-resource\/instances\/cm24kq965003h3b6mseyf8hl0@published\" data-component-name=\"video-resource\" data-editable=\"settings\" class=\"video-resource\" data-fixed-ratio=\"16x9\" data-parent-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/video-resource\/instances\/cm24i06yw00003b6km63fc3mr@published\" data-video-id=\"me31a9b03e1744949b27fc3377d13050a63a29a460\" data-media-id=\"me31a9b03e1744949b27fc3377d13050a63a29a460\" data-live=\"\" data-analytics-aggregate-events=\"true\" data-custom-experience=\"\" data-asset-type=\"hlsTs\" data-auth-type=\"none\" data-content-type=\"mediasource-clip\" data-medium-env=\"\" data-autostart=\"disabled\" data-show-ads=\"true\" data-source=\"CNN\" data-featured-video=\"true\" data-headline=\"Watch the moment Nihon Hidankyo is awarded 2024 Nobel Peace Prize\" data-has-video-player=\"true\" data-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots Japanese organization of atomic bomb survivors. 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The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which presented the award in Oslo, Norway, said the prize was awarded for their efforts \" achieve=\"\" a=\"\" world=\"\" free=\"\" of=\"\" nuclear=\"\" weapons.=\"\"\/>&#8221; class=&#8221;image__dam-img image__dam-img&#8211;loading&#8221; onload=&#8217;this.classList.remove(&#8216;image__dam-img&#8211;loading&#8217;)&#8217; onerror=&#8221;imageLoadError(this)&#8221; height=&#8221;1080&#8243; width=&#8221;1920&#8243;\/&gt;<\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"video-resource__details\">\n<p>Watch the moment Nihon Hidankyo is awarded 2024 Nobel Peace Prize\n                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm24ieu9c001h3b6m2omvodbt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Dan Smith, the director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), told CNN he was \u201cdelighted\u201d that the Hibakusha had been awarded this year\u2019s prize.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm24ii9kx001n3b6m05nv7wn1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cAs the Soviet and US leaders Gorbachev and Reagan said in 1985, nuclear war can never be won and must never be fought. The Hibakusha remind us of that every day,\u201d Smith said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm24ii9kx001o3b6m65kma1lg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThe bomb on Nagasaki\u00a0was the second time a nuclear weapon was used in war: Let it be the last!\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm24jdpzl002i3b6mf0ulag4g@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Around 80,000 people died instantly when the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. As he watched the mushroom cloud balloon into the sky, Robert Lewis \u2013 co-pilot of the Enola Gay, which dropped the bomb \u2013 reportedly said: \u201cMy God, what have we done?\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm24jdqpu002k3b6mo3p7ohwm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Three days later, the US dropped a second bomb on Nagasaki, further killing some 70,000 people. In the years that followed, tens of thousands were killed in both cities by the radiation from the blast.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm24jno78002x3b6mu49qk93j@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"18 hiroshima nagasaki RESTRICTED\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.77375\" data-original-height=\"1238\" data-original-width=\"1600\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/200729174157-18-hiroshima-nagasaki-restricted.jpg?q=w_1600,h_1238,x_0,y_0,c_fill\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1238\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/200729174157-18-hiroshima-nagasaki-restricted.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1238\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/200729174157-18-hiroshima-nagasaki-restricted.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1238\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/200729174157-18-hiroshima-nagasaki-restricted.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1238\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/200729174157-18-hiroshima-nagasaki-restricted.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/200729174157-18-hiroshima-nagasaki-restricted.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"This photo was taken about six miles from the scene of the Nagasaki explosion. According to the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, photographer Hiromichi Matsuda took this 15 minutes after the attack.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1238\" width=\"1600\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm24jdyw1002o3b6mrp6sejw9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The thousands of survivors, many of whom suffered severe injuries and radiation sickness, became known as \u201chibakusha,\u201d which translates to \u201cbomb-affected people.\u201d There is even a term \u2013 \u201cniju hibakusha\u201d \u2013 to refer to the more than 160 people who were present at both Hiroshima and Nagasaki.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm24jrpkl00303b6mz341ik5l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThe fates of those who survived the infernos of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were long concealed and neglected,\u201d the committee said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm24k0yve00363b6m8453j2a6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In 1956, local hibakusha groups began to band together, forming the organization known today as Nihon Hidankyo. Over the decades, it has collected thousands of witness accounts and sends annual delegations to the United Nations and peace conferences, pressing for nuclear disarmament.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm24k2k6n00393b6murk2uf85@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba praised the committee\u2019s decision. \u201cIt is extremely meaningful that the prize will be awarded to an organization that has worked for the abolition of nuclear weapons for many years,\u201d he said Friday during a visit to Laos.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm24j198m000a3b6m45wv1ay5@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"GettyImages-1809525791.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6665\" data-original-height=\"1333\" data-original-width=\"2000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-1809525791.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-1809525791.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-1809525791.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-1809525791.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-1809525791.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-1809525791.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"Atomic bomb survivor Sueichi Kido of Nagasaki, who was exposed at the age of 5, speaks at a meeting on the prohibition of nuclear weapons at UN Headquarters in November 2023.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm24ii915001l3b6mjv4w1oh7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Friday\u2019s prize is the 105th to be awarded since 1901. Nihon Hidankyo, the 141st laureate, will receive a cash award of around $1 million.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm24ivkai00223b6m53krs0gh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The committee said its decision is \u201csecurely anchored\u201d in Alfred Nobel\u2019s will, which outlines three criteria for awarding the prize: \u201cthe best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm24ivkai00233b6m3q6sged5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Although the will was written before the creation of nuclear weapons, the Nobel Peace prize has previously been awarded to individuals and groups involved in nuclear disarmament.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm24ivjit00203b6mfm0jlzzz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons won the award in 2017. In 1995, it was awarded to Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs and the physicist Joseph Rotblat \u2013 the only scientist to walk away from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/style\/article\/manhattan-project-cities-exhibition\/index.html\">Manhattan Project at the Los Alamos Laboratory<\/a> on moral grounds.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm24i6me800103b6m6gsx06hl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The committee also lauded Nihon Hidankyo for helping to maintain the nuclear taboo, which it said was \u201ca precondition of a peaceful future for humanity.\u201d It said the decision highlighted an encouraging fact that no nuclear weapon has been used in war in nearly 80 years.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm24idmxk00183b6m12hrz90c@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            However, the committee conceded that this year\u2019s prize has been awarded when \u201cthis taboo against the use of nuclear weapons is under pressure.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm24idpbn001b3b6mkg4rr7uo@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Announcing the prize, J\u00f8rgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the committee, said: \u201cthe stories and testimonies of the Hibakusha is an important reminder of how unacceptable is the use of nuclear weapons.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm24ivvtm00263b6mq0l23211@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In this year\u2019s annual assessment on the state of armaments, SIPRI reported that the nine nuclear-armed states \u2013 the <a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.com\/2024\/03\/09\/politics\/us-prepared-rigorously-potential-russian-nuclear-strike-ukraine\/index.html\">US<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.com\/2024\/04\/25\/world\/russia-veto-un-space-nuclear-weapons-intl-hnk\/index.html\">Russia<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.com\/2024\/02\/21\/europe\/trident-missile-uk-failure-intl\/index.html\">United Kingdom<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.com\/2021\/09\/17\/politics\/france-anger-over-nuclear-powered-submarines-explained\/index.html\">France<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.com\/2024\/09\/26\/politics\/chinese-nuclear-powered-submarine-sank\/index.html\">China<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.com\/2024\/09\/14\/asia\/india-nuclear-ballistic-missile-submarine-intl-hnk-ml\/index.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThese%20submarines%20are%20a%20key,range%20missiles)%2C%E2%80%9D%20Korda%20said\">India<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.com\/2022\/10\/15\/politics\/pakistan-us-relations-nuclear-weapons\/index.html\">Pakistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.com\/2024\/09\/12\/asia\/north-korea-uranium-enrichment-intl-hnk\/index.html\">North Korea<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/08\/02\/middleeast\/israel-lapid-nuclear-remarks-intl\/index.html\">Israel<\/a> \u2013 \u201ccontinued to modernize their nuclear arsenals and several deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapon systems in 2023.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm24j1tgb002b3b6m22lcky5h@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            As of January 2024, SIPRI estimates there are 12,121 nuclear warheads across the globe, about 9,585 of which are in military stockpiles for potential use.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm24j1tgb002c3b6m33b1riy6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWhile the global total of nuclear warheads continues to fall as Cold War-era weapons are gradually dismantled, regrettably we continue to see year-on-year increases in the number of operational nuclear warheads,\u201d Smith said. \u201cThis trend seems likely to continue and probably accelerate in the coming years and is extremely concerning.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm24j1siw00293b6m3ucryzk8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Since launching his full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly threatened the West with using nuclear weapons. Major Western powers, including the US and Germany, have refused to send Kyiv particular weapons \u2013 or allow them to strike deep into Russian territory \u2013 for fear of nuclear escalation.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm24kzs1z00423b6myg3qrrc8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Last month, Putin said Russia would <a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.com\/2024\/09\/27\/world\/putin-nuclear-doctrine-analysis-intl\/index.html\">revise its nuclear doctrine<\/a>, potentially lowering the bar for Moscow\u2019s use of nuclear weapons.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm24k80jq003c3b6m18bqsgwi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Henrik Urdal, director of Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), said the announcement of Friday\u2019s prize \u201ccomes at a crucial time when countries are modernizing their nuclear arsenals\u201d and nuclear threats are on the rise.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm24kxqfx003z3b6m2zsz2ljd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIn an era where automated weapon systems and AI-driven warfare are emerging, their call for disarmament is not just historical \u2013 it is a critical message for our future,\u201d Urdal told CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/11\/world\/nobel-peace-prize-2024-nihon-hidankyo-nuclear-free-intl\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots Japanese organization of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its efforts \u201cto achieve &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113006\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=113006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113006\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}