World Nuclear Victims’ Forum announces activities for 70th anniversary of A-bombings
Feb. 24, 2015
by Michiko Tanaka, Staff Writer
On February 16, officials of the steering committee of the World Nuclear Victims’ Forum, comprised of anti-nuclear citizens’ groups in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, held a press conference at Hiroshima City Hall to announce the outline of its activities in connection with the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings. The organization will hold a series of lectures to reflect on nuclear issues, starting in Hiroshima in March, and conclude with a large forum held from November 21 to 23. The organization said that these events will be an opportunity to bring together nuclear victims from around the world, deepening their collaboration for nuclear abolition.
The International Conference Center Hiroshima will be the venue for the forum. The organizer is calling for participants, including A-bomb survivors, sufferers of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi (No. 1) nuclear power plant in Japan and the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the former Soviet Union, and Iraqi doctors who are familiar with depleted uranium weapons. The event will convey the reality of nuclear damage and explore ways to advance the anti-nuclear movement. The program schedule has been altered since an announcement made by the organizer last May.
The first lecture will be held at the Memorial Cathedral for World Peace in Naka Ward, Hiroshima on March 8. Hiroaki Koide, assistant professor of nuclear engineering at the Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute, will be the speaker. Admission is 500 yen, while those of university age and younger can attend for free. The series of lectures will cover issues involving nuclear damage and international law, as well as events organized by young people and aimed for their peers, focused on handing down memories of the atomic bombings to the future.
Further details can be found at the website of the World Nuclear Victims’ Forum.
Haruko Moritaki, secretary general of the steering committee, who organized the press conference, said, “We would like the forum to unite the people of the world and lead to efforts aimed at eliminating the nuclear damage caused by the cycle of nuclear use.”
The organization is also soliciting contributions to help bring nuclear victims from abroad to Hiroshima. Call 090-9064-4705 for details.
(Originally published on February 17, 2015)
On February 16, officials of the steering committee of the World Nuclear Victims’ Forum, comprised of anti-nuclear citizens’ groups in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, held a press conference at Hiroshima City Hall to announce the outline of its activities in connection with the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings. The organization will hold a series of lectures to reflect on nuclear issues, starting in Hiroshima in March, and conclude with a large forum held from November 21 to 23. The organization said that these events will be an opportunity to bring together nuclear victims from around the world, deepening their collaboration for nuclear abolition.
The International Conference Center Hiroshima will be the venue for the forum. The organizer is calling for participants, including A-bomb survivors, sufferers of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi (No. 1) nuclear power plant in Japan and the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the former Soviet Union, and Iraqi doctors who are familiar with depleted uranium weapons. The event will convey the reality of nuclear damage and explore ways to advance the anti-nuclear movement. The program schedule has been altered since an announcement made by the organizer last May.
The first lecture will be held at the Memorial Cathedral for World Peace in Naka Ward, Hiroshima on March 8. Hiroaki Koide, assistant professor of nuclear engineering at the Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute, will be the speaker. Admission is 500 yen, while those of university age and younger can attend for free. The series of lectures will cover issues involving nuclear damage and international law, as well as events organized by young people and aimed for their peers, focused on handing down memories of the atomic bombings to the future.
Further details can be found at the website of the World Nuclear Victims’ Forum.
Haruko Moritaki, secretary general of the steering committee, who organized the press conference, said, “We would like the forum to unite the people of the world and lead to efforts aimed at eliminating the nuclear damage caused by the cycle of nuclear use.”
The organization is also soliciting contributions to help bring nuclear victims from abroad to Hiroshima. Call 090-9064-4705 for details.
(Originally published on February 17, 2015)
