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The 65th annual memorial ceremony commemorating the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, held last week, was historic. It was the first time the Secretary General of the United Nations attended the ceremony. It was also the first time representatives the United States, Britain and France attended the ceremony. It is estimated that over 100,000 Japanese died during the bombing on August 6, 1945. Three days later, a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. Less than a week later, the Japanese surrendered, ending World War II. In the six and a half decades since the atomic age began over Hiroshima, the debate over nuclear weapons has continued unabated. The deterrent value of the weapons kept democracies and communist regimes in a stalemate during the Cold War. In recent years, the proliferation of nuclear weapons has become an increasing concern, as rogue states such as North Korean and Iran have worked towards and developed nuclear weapons. The memorial ceremony at Hiroshima is used to push for nuclear disarmament, and the attendance of nuclear powers this year has given hope to some that there is a commitment to eventual nuclear disarmament. Some Japanese want an apology from the United States for the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In the traditional peace declaration, the mayor of Hiroshima, Tadatoshi Akiba, called on the central government to continue Japan's policy of not producing nuclear weapons and to remove itself from the protection of the US nuclear umbrella, something that Japan's prime minister says simply can not be done. The war has been over for 65 years. Public apologies for the bombings, as well as for the attack on Pearl Harbor, which brought our nation into the war, are moot. We have been Japan's rebuilder, protector and ally for these past 65 years. For people to insist on an apology is simply foolish. Working together to stabilize the region and to remove the threat of another atomic bombing are worthy goals. But these goals can not be accomplished without letting go of the past.
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Ban Ki-moon na obljetnici bombardiranja Hirošime i Nagasakija Ban Ki-moon je prvi glavnik tajnik UN-a koji će prisustvovati obilježavanju godišnjice bacanja atomske bombe na dva japanska grada Ban Ki-moon, glavni tajnik Ujedinjenih naroda, doputovao je u utorak u Japan, u posjet Hirošimi i Nagasakiju, dvama gradovima na koje je američka vojska prije 65 godina bacila atomsku bombu. Ban će biti prvi UN-ov glavni tajnik koji će nazočiti obljetnici ovog događaja u Hirošimi. Posjetit će i memorijalne centre posvećene korejskim i japanskim žrtvama bombardiranja u oba grada. >> Hirošima obilježila tužnu godišnjicu UN-ov glavni tajnik je uoči puta u Japan rekao kako će se dok bude živ zauzimati da u svijetu više ne bude nuklearnog oružja. Tijekom posjeta dvama gradovima Ban će poslati "snažnu poruku međunarodnoj zajednici" za nuklearno razoružanje. Atomska bomba koja je na Hirošimu bačena 6. kolovoza 1945. za nekoliko sekundi pokosila je više desetaka tisuća ljudi, a do konca godine još je 140.000 umrlo od posljedica zračenja. Bomba na Nagasaki bačena je 9. kolovoza, usmrtivši 73.000 ljudi. (hina/metro-portal)