Wednesday, 20 January 2021, 7:27 am
World Future Council Members and Right Livelihood
Laureates call for the abolition of nuclear weapons to
assure a sustainable future
In a joint
statement released today, 57 members of the World Future
Council and recipients of the Right Livelihood Award called
on governments to take action on nuclear risk reduction and
disarmament in order to assure a sustainable
future.
The statement was released to coincide with
the inauguration of U.S. President Joseph Biden on January
20, the entry-into-force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of
Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) on January 22, and the 75th
Anniversary of the very first resolution of the United