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
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