Japanese teenager calls for nuke-free world at U.N. disarmament confab

Japanese teenager calls for nuke-free world at U.N. disarmament confab

Delegates of U.N. member countries listen to an online speech by Japanese teenager Rio Sasaki during a U.N. disarmament conference in Geneva on Aug. 12, 2021. An 18-year-old student at a senior high school in Hiroshima, Sasaki called for the abolition of nuclear weapons at the disarmament session, which focused on the importance of incorporating the voice of young people in its disarmament discussions.

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