NEW YORK- A revised draft preamble of a proposed U.N. treaty to legally ban nuclear arms newly noted "unacceptable harm" caused to hibakusha, or the surviving victims of the 1945 US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.

The revised preamble, presented on Tuesday during the ongoing conference on the treaty, cited "the suffering of and unacceptable harm caused to the victims of the use of nuclear weapons (Hibakusha.)"

The original draft only mentioned "the suffering" of hibakusha.

The section that recognized the efforts made by hibakusha was retained in the text of the revised draft preamble that stressed the role of public conscience toward the total elimination of nuclear weapons.

As no objection about the references to hibakusha has been brought forward so far in the talks about the treaty's preamble, chances are high that the final draft will mention hibakusha.

The latest version also declared that "any threat or use of nuclear weapons would be contrary to the rules of international law applicable in armed conflict, and in particular the principles and rules of humanitarian law." (Jiji Press)