The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots Japanese organization with atomic bomb survivors as members. The Norwegian Nobel Committee commended the group for proving “through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again.”
The organization was established by survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
“One day, the atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki will no longer be among us as witnesses to history,” the committee said, announcing its decision in Oslo on Friday. “But with a strong culture of remembrance and continued commitment, new generations in Japan are carrying forward the experience and the message of the witnesses,” it added.
The committee stated that its decision underscored the fact that no nuclear weapon has been deployed in warfare for nearly 80 years.
