“A healthy vision of the future is not possible without an accurate knowledge of the past.”
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No one should be left to suffer alone.
I have for some time urged that a nuclear abolition summit to mark the effective end of the nuclear era be convened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 70th anniversary of the bombings of those cities, with the participation of national leaders and representatives of global civil society.
It is only through such real-life daily struggles and challenges that a genuine sensitivity to human rights can be inculcated. This is a truth that is not limited to school education: it applies to all of us.
We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history.
