International Meeting : 2020 World Conference against A and H Bombs

2020 World Conference against A and H Bombs (online）

Theme: “With the Hibakusha, Let Us Achieve a Nuclear Weapon-free, Peaceful and

Just World – for the Future of the Humankind and Our Planet”

(Zoom webinar: 1000 participants + YouTube)

Opening Session:

Report from the Organizer: Noguchi Kunikazu, Co-Chair of the Steering Committee of the

World Conference

Greetings from Nihon Hidankyo (Japan Confederation of A-and H-Bomb Sufferers

Organizations)

Report from the Hibakusha: Setsuko Thurlow

Guest speaker: Takami Mitsuaki, Archbishop of Nagasaki

Introduction of messages

Session I: Cooperation for the abolition of nuclear weapons, survival of humanity, peace and justice in the world:

Joseph Gerson, Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security, U.S.A.

Kate Hudson, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, U.K.

Oleg Bodrov, Public Council of the South Coast of the Gulf of Finland, Russia

Reiner Braun, International Peace Bureau

Yasui Masakazu, Japan Council against A & H Bombs (Gensuikyo)

Session II: A nuclear-free, peaceful Asia and the role of Japan as the A-bombed country

Lee Jun Kyu, Senior Researcher, Institute for Unification and Peace Policy,

Hanshin University

Dong Huy Cuong, Vietnam Peace Committee

Anuradha Chenoy, AEPF, India

Japan

Closing Session:

Q & A, Discussion

Release of the conference statement

Closing remarks