Investing more money on more nuclear weapons will not buy us greater safety.
We can build a future that promotes diplomacy, environmental justice for frontline communities, and one where we abolish these uniquely destructive weapons. Our priority as a world community must be putting an end to the harm these weapons have already caused and to eliminating the catastrophic risk they pose.
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