81 Years Since the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Genocides. Nuclear Disarmament Now!
For more than eight decades, the month of August has reminded us of the genocides committed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945.
Humanists around the world commemorate these criminal acts, reinforcing our profound commitment to taking action in favor of peace and nonviolence. This is an aspiration shared by all the peoples of the world.
The relevance of this issue is even greater today, in the context of the growing escalation of warfare, which has more than one scenario of destruction and imminent danger.
The U.S. state, which leads the world in promoting all kinds of wars, military invasions, civil wars, coups d’état, criminal blockades, and even the recent kidnapping of a president, should, after World War II, have been tried for crimes against humanity and should have been prevented from developing this type of weaponry, which should also have been prohibited so that no other country could develop it. None of this happened. Those who win wars set the conditions and enjoy absolute impunity, including the power to write the official version of history.
The only acceptable historical lesson from the nuclear hell unleashed upon the Japanese population 81 years ago is that never again should any country be able to justify the use of nuclear weapons.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki must always remain in our memory and in our hearts, so that under no circumstances do we stop insisting on achieving total nuclear disarmament.
The issue of the nuclear danger arising from warfare has been among the central issues addressed since the early years of Universalist Humanism, at the beginning of the 1960s. In the 1980s, when our Humanist Parties emerged, the possibility of nuclear devastation and the urgent need for disarmament became part of the platforms and programs of our Humanist Parties.
In this regard, we have highlighted the initiative of the government of Gorbachev, who initiated a process of unilateral disarmament.
Over the decades, we Humanists have carried out campaigns against nuclear testing and against all armed conflicts. We have raised our voices and mobilized, while also advocating that the enormous costs of the arms industry (starting with the nuclear industry) should undergo a rapid process of disarmament, redirecting that spending toward humanity’s needs in terms of healthcare, education, and quality of life.
Our comprehensive proposals on this issue are as follows:
- The dismantling of nuclear arsenals.
- The progressive and proportional reduction of conventional weapons.
- The immediate withdrawal of invading troops from occupied territories.
- The signing of non-aggression treaties between countries.
- Governments renouncing the use of war as a means of resolving conflicts.
- Redefining the role of armed forces and armies.
- The progressive reduction of military budgets, allocating those resources to addressing the great problems facing humanity at this moment, such as hunger, poverty, environmental disaster, and the full realization and effective implementation of all human rights.
In 2006, Silo, the founder of the Humanist Movement from which our parties emerged, participated in a 30-second audiovisual message that the various expressions of our Humanism disseminated in at least 60 countries. The clear and concise message said:
“Everywhere people are saying that war is a disaster. Let us give Peace a chance. To prevent future atomic catastrophe, we must work to overcome violence today. Withdraw invading troops, return occupied territories, dismantle arsenals. These are the urgent tasks of the moment; this is the cause of courageous women and men.” (1)
In 2009, the Humanist Parties actively participated in the First World March for Peace and Nonviolence, organized by another of the bodies of Universalist Humanism, the organization “World Without Wars and Without Violence.” This march involved thousands of social organizations and prominent figures from around the world, and millions of people took part in its various activities. The March passed through 97 countries in 93 days. (2) In subsequent years, the World March was held again.
Absurdly, the issue is still not seriously addressed by governments, the mass media, or electoral campaigns. As a result, humanity is sitting on top of nuclear weapons, and almost no one is raising awareness of this fact.
We Humanists maintain that it is urgent and vital to dismantle nuclear arsenals, advancing toward proportional and total disarmament.
We Humanists maintain that this issue must be a priority whenever international issues are addressed.
Let us definitively stop all nuclear weapons, let us stop the wars! Nuclear Disarmament Now!!
International Coordination Team
Federation of Humanist Parties
08-09-2026
(1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTNzA8Yx-gQ
(2) https://theworldmarch.org/