| As the threat of nuclear war shrouds the world in a fog, bringing grave unease and anxiety, many people are looking to the UN for answers. Surely the gathering of all the world’s governments, in a space designed for disarmament diplomacy and negotiation, will prevent the potential massacre threatened by the use of nuclear weapons. But as the First Committee churns on and the resolutions pile up, it’s not clear what all this work will mean for changing the course of our current moment. We are living a horror story of the nuclear age. While the current crisis has elevated public attention once again to the threat of nuclear war, the underlying monstrosity is that for decades these weapons have existed, out of sight and out of mind for many people, deliberately shrouded in fog by the nuclear-armed states but posing a daily threat to life on this planet. The persistent harm caused by nuclear weapons is already so grave, and the potential for further disaster lurks around every corner, but most people are too busy grappling with the everyday horrors of living in a world in climate chaos and capitalist exploitation to remember the monsters in the missile silos. Until now. Read the rest of the editorial online >> Download the full First Committee Monitor in PDF >> This edition of the First Committee Monitor includes monitoring and reporting on a range of topics discussed during the thematic debate of the First Committee. Chapters are authored by various civil society experts. Please consider making a donation to Reaching Critical Will |
