President of Brazil’s Senate visits Hiroshima, says Brazil will ratify Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Apr. 20, 2018
by Kyosuke Mizukawa, Staff Writer
Eunicio Lopes de Oliveira, 65, president of the Brazil’s Senate, visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park for the first time on April 19. After learning about the devastating consequences of the atomic bombing, Mr. Oliveira stressed the need for the elimination of nuclear weapons and said that the country will ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which was adopted at the United Nations last July.
After laying a wreath of flowers at the Cenotaph for the A-bomb Victims, Mr. Oliveira toured the Peace Memorial Museum. Guided by Kenji Shiga, the director of the museum, he looked at such exhibits as a computer graphics display that depicts the devastation caused to the city. In the museum’s guestbook, Mr. Oliveira wrote that what happened 73 years ago must never be repeated.
Brazil approved the treaty when it was adopted and has already signed it. But it has not yet ratified it, which requires the approval by the national congress. Speaking to reporters, Mr. Oliveira said that the country was hoping to abolish nuclear weapons and that the treaty would be ratified as soon as Brazil’s Congress receives the documents from the government.
Mr. Oliveira arrived in Japan on April 14 at the invitation of the House of Councillors of the Japanese Diet. His visit to Hiroshima was arranged at his request.
(Originally published on April 20, 2018)
Eunicio Lopes de Oliveira, 65, president of the Brazil’s Senate, visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park for the first time on April 19. After learning about the devastating consequences of the atomic bombing, Mr. Oliveira stressed the need for the elimination of nuclear weapons and said that the country will ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which was adopted at the United Nations last July.
After laying a wreath of flowers at the Cenotaph for the A-bomb Victims, Mr. Oliveira toured the Peace Memorial Museum. Guided by Kenji Shiga, the director of the museum, he looked at such exhibits as a computer graphics display that depicts the devastation caused to the city. In the museum’s guestbook, Mr. Oliveira wrote that what happened 73 years ago must never be repeated.
Brazil approved the treaty when it was adopted and has already signed it. But it has not yet ratified it, which requires the approval by the national congress. Speaking to reporters, Mr. Oliveira said that the country was hoping to abolish nuclear weapons and that the treaty would be ratified as soon as Brazil’s Congress receives the documents from the government.
Mr. Oliveira arrived in Japan on April 14 at the invitation of the House of Councillors of the Japanese Diet. His visit to Hiroshima was arranged at his request.
(Originally published on April 20, 2018)
