Hidankyo sends fax protesting U.S. tests of nuclear capability
Nov. 11, 2014
On November 5 the Japan Confederation of A- and H-bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo) sent a fax to the United States embassy in Tokyo expressing its opposition to recent nuclear tests. Addressed to President Barack Obama, the fax protested tests carried out in September and October to test the capability of nuclear weapons.
In its statement Hidankyo stressed that “the repeated conducting of nuclear tests is entirely unacceptable.” Noting the recent focus on the inhumanity of nuclear weapons and growing calls for their abolition, the organization criticized the tests saying they were carried out “under the assumption that nuclear weapons will be used.”
The statement also called for the prompt realization of a “world without nuclear weapons,” which has been advocated by Mr. Obama, and for efforts to ensure the success of the review conference of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty scheduled to be held in New York next spring.
(Originally published on November 6, 2014)
In its statement Hidankyo stressed that “the repeated conducting of nuclear tests is entirely unacceptable.” Noting the recent focus on the inhumanity of nuclear weapons and growing calls for their abolition, the organization criticized the tests saying they were carried out “under the assumption that nuclear weapons will be used.”
The statement also called for the prompt realization of a “world without nuclear weapons,” which has been advocated by Mr. Obama, and for efforts to ensure the success of the review conference of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty scheduled to be held in New York next spring.
(Originally published on November 6, 2014)
