text: vrhich nay make those surviving envy the dead. A one-negaton nuclear explosion on a city wit-h a population of one nilllon could ktll 3l-0,000 and leave another 380,000 in need of rnedical aid. 69./ some sPecialists have vtarned that even a highLy advance country like the-united states, for exanple, nay not have nation-wide ' facilitiestotreatmorethan200victinsofnuclearexPlosioninanhour.Andthe roughest estimates suggest that anynhere between 50'000 to L00'000 people could be severefyinjuredbyonesingle-6hot.mediun-yieldtacticalnuclearweaPoninanatter of few rninutes. ^/37/3e6Engl ish Annex Page 54 116. lbr would the consequences of a najor nuclear war be restricted to thenuclear-weapon states alone. Even if there were no direct nuclear attack againstany non-nuclear-weapon state, falrout radiation after a large nuclear war vrouldaffect the whole world, arthough predoninantly lhe henisphere in which the war vrasfought. For exarnple, global fall-ouC fron a total explosive yield of 1O'0OO Mt.,that isr irell over half of what n@i, exists in the vrortdrs nucrear stockpiles, woulclcause on the order of 5 to 10 nillion additional deaths fron cancer within the next40 years, besides genetic damage of equal flEgnitude for both the present and futuregenerations. ronizlng radiation could also cause nany mutacions in plants andanimals. There has been speculation that sone of these nutat.ions rnight change theecosystem in unpredictabLe Hays. A large nuclear vJar wourd partially destroy the ozone layer in a few flpnths (a period of about five years is be.I ieved to berequired to restore che layer again) , which in turn may cause possible changes atthe earthfs surface (see A/35/392, annex). 117. "he world-wide econonic and social disruption that would be an unavoidable
analysis: The text discusses the devastating consequences of a nuclear war, including the immediate effects on human life and the potential long-term damage to the environment and the global ecosystem. The focus is on the catastrophic impact of such a war on human health, the economy, and the planet as a whole.