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Survivors of Hiroshima press for end to nuclear weapons
Setsuko Thurlow spoke outside the United Nations urging action against nuclear arms as a conference on the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty took place nearby. She recalled Hiroshima’s devastation, the loss of classmates, and her own survival, linking the memory to calls for disarmament and a missile defense warning.
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