UN chief in Nagasaki calls for nuclear disarmament

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for the abolishment of nuclear weapons Thursday during a visit to Nagasaki, one of two Japanese cities devastated by US atomic bombs in the closing days of World War II.

Ban toured the Atomic Bomb Museum and met with six survivors during his visit, the first by a UN chief to Nagasaki. More than 70,000 people were killed when the US bombed the southern Japanese city on Aug. 9, 1945. (AP)