It was here, in Hiroshima, that the limitless insanity of man heralded the arrival of a new era, the nuclear one (with the detonation of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 and in Nagasaki on 9 August 1945), which, after six decades -having permeated the whole cold war periodremains a stalemate which continues to threat the future of humankind. It was from here, from Hiroshima, that the outcry of humankind began to echo around the world as to the pressing need of international law to outlaw all weapons of mass destruction, starting with nuclear weapons. This is the task which remains before us today. This is the topic which I purport to address at this academic event in Hiroshima today.