Nuclear risks are “higher than ever since the end of the Cold War”, Ignazio Cassis said on Tuesday. While taking part in a conference in New York of the 191 signatory countries of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT), including Switzerland, the President of the Confederation called for “urgent and necessary” change.
“Words must be supplemented by facts to avoid humanitarian disasters”, affirmed the Ticinese during a conference in New York of the 191 signatory countries of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT).
This meeting, which will end on August 26, must set the course for “urgent and necessary” change, he said. As the UN secretary-general expressed at the opening of the conference on Monday, Ignazio Cassis fears that a misunderstanding could lead to a nuclear catastrophe.
In order to avoid such a scenario, nuclear weapons states must renounce the accumulation of nuclear weapons. “We must reaffirm our objective: a world free of nuclear weapons”, commented the Ticino man. And the facilities, whose vulnerability the war in Ukraine has revealed, must be secured in all circumstances, including during armed conflicts, he insisted.
