Three Nobel Peace Prize-winning organizations advocating for the elimination of nuclear weapons have united in a powerful appeal to the presidents of the United States and Russia. The groups—Japan's atomic bomb survivors' organization Nihon Hidankyo, 2017 laureate the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), and the 1985 winner International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War—sent a joint letter urging US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet and work toward significant nuclear disarmament.

The letter, sent by ICAN on Monday, comes amid growing nuclear tensions. The organizations called for urgent steps to de-escalate and for meaningful negotiations to reduce nuclear arsenals, stressing that the two countries control 90% of the world’s nuclear weapons.

Their appeal followed President Trump’s comments about denuclearization and the Kremlin’s expressed willingness to engage on the issue. The groups highlighted the volatile climate surrounding nuclear weapons, warning of "catastrophic consequences for all humankind" if tensions remain unchecked.

Drawing on the example of US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who negotiated major nuclear reductions in 1986, the groups urged current leaders to follow their predecessors’ path. They emphasized that expanding nuclear weapon capabilities only heightens the risk of accidental or intentional use, advocating instead for disarmament as the only viable security strategy.

The Nobel laureates concluded with a powerful message: “Nuclear weapons are not an inevitable force of nature that must be endured. They were built by human hands, and they can be dismantled by human hands. All that’s required is political will.”