Hiroshima conference urges solidarity for nuclear abolition
Aug. 5, 2010
by Yumi Kanazaki, Staff Writer
On August 4, the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (JTUC), the Japan Congress Against A-and H-bombs, and the National Council for Peace and Against Nuclear Weapons held the "Nuclear Abolition 2010 Peace Hiroshima Conference" at Hiroshima Green Arena in downtown Hiroshima. A total of 6,800 participants, as announced by the organizers, adopted an appeal calling for solidarity in the effort for nuclear abolition and the further enhancement of relief measures for A-bomb survivors, among other items.
Nobuaki Koga, president of the JTUC, said in his opening address, "Japan should maintain the three non-nuclear principles and play an active role to realize nuclear abolition by 2020, which has been advocated by Mayors for Peace."
Hiromi Hasai, 79, an A-bomb survivor and professor emeritus at Hiroshima University whose expertise is nuclear physics, took the podium and said, "Unless we abolish nuclear weapons, nuclear terror will never disappear. I would like to see a world where efforts to abolish nuclear weapons and oppose war are considered matters of course.”
Hiroshima Governor Hidehiko Yuzaki and Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba also attended the conference and delivered opening remarks.
The Japan Congress Against A- and H-bombs also considers this meeting the opening ceremony for the World Conference Against A & H Bombs. On August 5, other conference sessions and events will be held at several places in Hiroshima.
(Originally published on August 5, 2010)
On August 4, the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (JTUC), the Japan Congress Against A-and H-bombs, and the National Council for Peace and Against Nuclear Weapons held the "Nuclear Abolition 2010 Peace Hiroshima Conference" at Hiroshima Green Arena in downtown Hiroshima. A total of 6,800 participants, as announced by the organizers, adopted an appeal calling for solidarity in the effort for nuclear abolition and the further enhancement of relief measures for A-bomb survivors, among other items.
Nobuaki Koga, president of the JTUC, said in his opening address, "Japan should maintain the three non-nuclear principles and play an active role to realize nuclear abolition by 2020, which has been advocated by Mayors for Peace."
Hiromi Hasai, 79, an A-bomb survivor and professor emeritus at Hiroshima University whose expertise is nuclear physics, took the podium and said, "Unless we abolish nuclear weapons, nuclear terror will never disappear. I would like to see a world where efforts to abolish nuclear weapons and oppose war are considered matters of course.”
Hiroshima Governor Hidehiko Yuzaki and Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba also attended the conference and delivered opening remarks.
The Japan Congress Against A- and H-bombs also considers this meeting the opening ceremony for the World Conference Against A & H Bombs. On August 5, other conference sessions and events will be held at several places in Hiroshima.
(Originally published on August 5, 2010)
