Delhi:
The Japanese organization Nippon Hidankyo has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of its efforts to realize a world free of nuclear weapons.
The organization is a grassroots movement of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors, also known as Hibakusha, that aims to “achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and prove through eyewitness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again.” There is.
In announcing this year's Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee praised the survivors of the atomic bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, whose “priceless experiences” fostered hope for peace. “They help us explain the indescribable, think the unthinkable, and somehow come to grips with the incomprehensible pain and suffering caused by nuclear weapons,” the committee said of X.
The committee also emphasized that nuclear weapons have not been used in war for almost 80 years. We recognize the efforts of the Nippon Hidankyo to establish a nuclear taboo, and the Nobel Committee supports similar pressure.
The organization said it has helped strengthen the movement against nuclear weapons by drawing on personal stories, creating educational campaigns based on their own experiences, and issuing urgent warnings against the proliferation and use of nuclear weapons. Nobel Committee Press Release.
“Nuclear-weapon states are modernizing and improving their arsenals, new nations appear preparing to acquire nuclear weapons, and threats are being made to use nuclear weapons in ongoing wars. At this moment in history, it is worth remembering what nuclear weapons are: “The most destructive weapons the world has ever seen,'' the press release states.
Meanwhile, the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry will go to scientists David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper, while the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine will be awarded to Victor Ambrose for the discovery of microRNAs and their role in gene regulation. Presented to Gary Lubukun.
Korean writer Han Kang won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature for his “strong poetic prose that confronts historical trauma and exposes the fragility of human life.''
American John Hopfield and British-Canadian Geoffrey Hinton have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their pioneering work in developing artificial intelligence. Shortly after the award was announced, Hinton expressed concerns about the technology he had developed.
The prize money includes a gold medal, a certificate and a total prize money of $1 million (€913,000).
