Mayors for Peace and Hiroshima City to co-host nuclear abolition conference
Jun. 1, 2010
by Sakiko Masuda, Staff Writer
Mayors for Peace, for which Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba serves as president, and Hiroshima City will co-host the international conference "2020 Nuclear Abolition Hiroshima Conference" on July 28 and 29. The conference will be held at the International Conference Center Hiroshima and other venues. Nearly 300 people from local autonomies, governments, NGOs, and other organizations, both at home and abroad, will attend the gathering and discuss measures for achieving the abolition of nuclear weapons by the year 2020.
The main theme of the conference is "aiming at the realization of nuclear abolition." Based on the results of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, which closed on May 28 in New York, a campaign for creating a nuclear weapons convention with the cooperation of NGOs and others, as well as the role of cities and NGOs in this effort, are also on the agenda for the conference.
On the opening day, Douglas Roche, the former Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament, who advocated the Middle Powers Initiative, an international network of NGOs specializing in nuclear disarmament issues, will make the keynote speech. Opportunities to hear the accounts of A-bomb survivors and exchange views with citizens will also be included in the schedule.
On the second day of the conference, a final declaration will be adopted. The declaration will also be reflected in the "Peace Declaration" to be made in Peace Memorial Ceremony this August 6.
The day before the conference opens, on July 27, a tour of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and a welcoming reception are scheduled.
On May 31, conference organizers began sending invitation letters for the conference to member cities of Mayors for Peace and others.
(Originally published on June 1, 2010)
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Mayors for Peace, for which Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba serves as president, and Hiroshima City will co-host the international conference "2020 Nuclear Abolition Hiroshima Conference" on July 28 and 29. The conference will be held at the International Conference Center Hiroshima and other venues. Nearly 300 people from local autonomies, governments, NGOs, and other organizations, both at home and abroad, will attend the gathering and discuss measures for achieving the abolition of nuclear weapons by the year 2020.
The main theme of the conference is "aiming at the realization of nuclear abolition." Based on the results of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, which closed on May 28 in New York, a campaign for creating a nuclear weapons convention with the cooperation of NGOs and others, as well as the role of cities and NGOs in this effort, are also on the agenda for the conference.
On the opening day, Douglas Roche, the former Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament, who advocated the Middle Powers Initiative, an international network of NGOs specializing in nuclear disarmament issues, will make the keynote speech. Opportunities to hear the accounts of A-bomb survivors and exchange views with citizens will also be included in the schedule.
On the second day of the conference, a final declaration will be adopted. The declaration will also be reflected in the "Peace Declaration" to be made in Peace Memorial Ceremony this August 6.
The day before the conference opens, on July 27, a tour of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and a welcoming reception are scheduled.
On May 31, conference organizers began sending invitation letters for the conference to member cities of Mayors for Peace and others.
(Originally published on June 1, 2010)
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