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Media Release 2 2026

Denis Doherty

Nuclear War is closer than ever

30/7/2026

The current two wars in Ukraine and Iran are both possible sites where a nuclear exchange could take place.  Any exchange will not be confined to both these states and radioactive clouds will travel to adjoining states and further afield.  The combatants Russia, Israel and the USA are all nuclear owning states who have the capability to deliver these weapons over thousands of kilometers.  Russia and the USA are the two most nuclearized states in the world.  As well Pakistan is not going to stand by and watch Islamic states being destroyed as well Iran is closely associated with China who have nuclear weapons with sophisticated missiles and technology.

“European countries especially the UK, France and Germany are not in any way intimidated by the fact that Russians have the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons in the world and keep taking steps to provoke Russia with massive assistance to Ukraine to help it to kill Russians.” Said Denis Doherty of the Hiroshima Day Committee Sydney.

“There is no alternative that Ukraine must move for peace and readjust its borders with Russia and accept that it cannot be a member of NATO.  The future demands a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia, the alternative of continuous war with help from US and Western intelligence agencies helping with targeting sites deep into the heart of Russia.”

“Voices inside Russia are calling for strikes and nuclear strikes in Europe if the situation continues to go out of control.  What the response to these possible strikes would be, we do not know but the risks are great and the Governments of UK, France and Germany appear not to be very sensible about these issues and is apparently sleeping walking into disaster.”

“Similar problems are arising in the conflict US vs Iran where both US and in a lesser way Israel are nuclear armed.  The volatile nature of Trump’s personality where he has a reputation for disliking any sense of losing.  Israel too has a sense it will use nuclear weapons if it is threatened and feels it has no other alternative.  The recent experience in Israel where it called for help when Iran fired many thousands of missiles into its territory.”

Time for Australia to sign the UN treaty on the prohibition on nuclear weapons (TPNW).

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Statement 2024

Denis Doherty

We are here to remember that on August 6 and 9, 1945, 79 years ago, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Almost 200,000 men, women and children were killed instantly and many thousands more died later of burns or radiation sickness. 

We are here to remember those who died in this horrific event and to remember all victims of nuclear war preparations including those who lived on Pacific Islands and our own first nations people who died during British testing. 

Since that terrible event, France, Britian, China, Russia, India, Pakistan, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Israel have acquired nuclear weapons. 

We say that no country should ever have nuclear weapons.

Civil Society has pushed back against nuclear weapons and an organisation founded in Melbourne – the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons ICAN – has successfully got the UN to pass the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.  So far 70 States have ratified this treaty.

We demand that the Australian Government ratify the UN treaty to ban Nuclear Weapons, reject the AUKUS nuclear powered submarines and reject the Opposition’s proposal for nuclear power reactors on 7 sites. 

Australia is supporting wars and preparing for war instead of concentrating on solving the social issues in Australia and the region.

There are no victors or vanquished in a nuclear war.

Today we solemnly vow to do everything we can to make sure that Hiroshima and Nagasaki never happen again.