A-bomb survivors are nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Feb. 9, 2015
by Jumpei Fujimura, Staff Writer
The International Peace Bureau (IPB), based in Geneva, Switzerland, sent a letter of nomination for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize on January 30. The anti-nuclear peace organization has recommended the Tokyo-based Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo), Sumiteru Taniguchi, 86, a resident of Nagasaki and one of the chairpersons of Nihon Hidankyo, and Setsuko Thurlow, 83, an A-bomb survivor living in Toronto, Canada.
According to the letter of nomination sent by IPB to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, momentum for the abolition of nuclear weapons is growing “as seen in the success of the international conferences on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons.” IBP recommended the survivors’ organizations and two survivors who have been making efforts to convey their A-bomb experiences to the world, noting that the “70th anniversary of the tragedies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki” should be turned into “a milestone on the path to a world free of nuclear weapons.”
IPB, established in 1891, was awarded the Nobel Peace prize in 1910 and is entitled to make Nobel Peace Prize nominations to the Nobel selection committee. This is the fifth nomination Nihon Hidankyo has earned since 2010. Terumi Tanaka, 82, the secretary general of Nihon Hidankyo, said, “We are grateful. We will keep conveying the A-bomb survivors’ accounts and communicate the inhumane nature of nuclear weapons.”
(Originally published on February 2, 2015)
The International Peace Bureau (IPB), based in Geneva, Switzerland, sent a letter of nomination for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize on January 30. The anti-nuclear peace organization has recommended the Tokyo-based Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo), Sumiteru Taniguchi, 86, a resident of Nagasaki and one of the chairpersons of Nihon Hidankyo, and Setsuko Thurlow, 83, an A-bomb survivor living in Toronto, Canada.
According to the letter of nomination sent by IPB to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, momentum for the abolition of nuclear weapons is growing “as seen in the success of the international conferences on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons.” IBP recommended the survivors’ organizations and two survivors who have been making efforts to convey their A-bomb experiences to the world, noting that the “70th anniversary of the tragedies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki” should be turned into “a milestone on the path to a world free of nuclear weapons.”
IPB, established in 1891, was awarded the Nobel Peace prize in 1910 and is entitled to make Nobel Peace Prize nominations to the Nobel selection committee. This is the fifth nomination Nihon Hidankyo has earned since 2010. Terumi Tanaka, 82, the secretary general of Nihon Hidankyo, said, “We are grateful. We will keep conveying the A-bomb survivors’ accounts and communicate the inhumane nature of nuclear weapons.”
(Originally published on February 2, 2015)
