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)
Organizer’s Report: Anzai Ikuro, Committee of Chairpersons of the World Conference (TBC)
Testimony of the Hibakusha
Guest speakers:
Ambassador of Mexico to Japan (TBC)
Amir Hamzah Mohd Nasir, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the U.N.
Mayor of Nagasaki City (Video message)
Introduction of messages
Session I: Global Cooperation for a Nuclear Weapon-Free World
Carlos Umaña, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
Philipp Jennings, International Peace Bureau
Takemoto Masahiro, environmentalist, Japan
Yoshiwara Tsuyoshi, Federation of Promotion of Zero-Nuclear Power and Renewable
Energy, Japan
Cultural program/ Mini-concert
Session II: Grass-roots Activism across the World
Solidarity for Peace and Reunification of Korea (SPARK), Republic of Korea
French Peace Movement, France
(Nagasaki) Japan
(University student) Japan
(High school student) Japan
Announcement on the conclusion of the “Peace Wave” international joint actions
Organizer’s statement (Letter to Governments of the World)
There are 91.4 billion other things money could buy Nuclear weapons programmes divert public funds from health care, education, disaster relief and other vital services. The nuclear-armed countries spend more than $173,000 per minute on their nuclear bombs, over $90 billion each year. Meanwhile, the companies producing these weapons of mass destruction and their investors make billions... Read more »
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Co sponsored by: International Peace Bureau (IPB), Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (RLS) New York, Peace Action New York State (PANYS), Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security (CPDCS), Centre Delas Details: Duration: 90 minutes Date and Time: Saturday, 21 September 1:15 pm | 7:15pm CEST Type of Event: Panel + Q&A Location: Rosa Luxemburg Foundation-New York... Read more »
Event Details Date & Time: Saturday, 21 September, 17:30 – 20:00 EDT (a light dinner will be provided during the event) Event Type: Hybrid, open discussion following introductory remarks Location: Church of the Covenant, 310 East 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10017 & Zoom Zoom Registration: https://bit.ly/SSOD-IV_Zoom In Person Registration: https://bit.ly/SSOD-IV-Inperson by 18 September Co sponsored by:... Read more »