1998 marked the 50th anniversary of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The preamble states:
"...Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal
and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the
foundation of freedom, justice, and peace in the world."
In January, 1958, 9,235 scientists of all nations gave the United
Nations a declaration demanding an
international agreement putting an end to the nuclear tests.
The declaration, handed to the Secretary-General by the well-known
scientist, Dr. Linus Pauling, declared that the radioactivity
gradually created by nuclear tests represents a greater danger
for all parts of the world, particularly serious because its consequences
will be an increasing number of deformed children in the future.
For this reason they demanded an international agreement putting
an end to nuclear tests. But the world has not listened. The French
biologist and geneticist, Jean Rostand, called the continuation
of nuclear tests "le crime dans l'avenir" (the crime projected into the future). |
