A-bombed trees praying for peace at the UN: 80 years since the atomic bombing and the founding of the UN (Kyodo News)

[Joint Press, New York] To coincide with the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the founding of the United Nations, a commemorative ceremony was held on the 5th at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to plant saplings of "trees that survived the Hiroshima atomic bombing." UN Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs Nakamitsu Izumi said, "For the next 80 years,