{"id":31635,"date":"2023-08-08T08:39:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T06:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=31635"},"modified":"2023-08-08T08:44:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T06:44:43","slug":"2023-world-conference-against-a-and-h-bombs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=31635","title":{"rendered":"2023 World Conference against A and H Bombs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DISARMAMENT & SECURITY .<\/p>\n

Excerpts from the conference schedule from Gensuikyo, The Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs<\/a><\/p>\n

Theme and Schedule of the World Conference<\/p>\n

Main Theme: With the Hibakusha, Let Us Achieve a Nuclear Weapon-free, Peaceful and Just World \u2013 for the Future of the Humankind and Our Planet<\/p>\n

Conference Schedule:<\/p>\n

August 4 (Fri) \u2013 5 (Sat): International Meeting (Hiroshima JA Building)
\nAugust 6 (Sun): Hiroshima Day Rally (Green Arena, Hiroshima Sports Center)
\nAugust 7 – 9: 2023 World Conference against A and H Bombs \u2013 Nagasaki
\nAugust 7 (Mon) Opening Plenary (Nagasaki Shimin Kaikan Gymnasium)
\nAugust 8 (Tue) Forums\/ workshops\/ field trips (different venues in Nagasaki City)
\nAugust 9 (Wed) Nagasaki Day Rally\/ Closing Plenary (Nagasaki Shimin Kaikan Gymnasium)<\/p>\n

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International Meeting (First day)
\nVenue: Hiroshima JA Building<\/p>\n

Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation is provided.<\/p>\n

Format: In-person meeting & Livestreamed by Zoom<\/p>\n

14:00-14:40 Opening Session<\/p>\n

Opening declaration; Introduction of overseas delegates
\nOrganizer\u2019s speech: Noguchi Kunikazu, Co-Chair, Steering Committee
\nGreetings on behalf of the Hibakusha: Hamasumi Jiro, Assistant Secretary General,
\nJapan Confederation of A-and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo)
\nPresentation of messages<\/p>\n

14:40-17:00 Session I: \u201cSpreading voices of the Hibakusha to the world\u201d<\/p>\n

Speakers:<\/p>\n

Kodama Michiko, Hibakusha of Hiroshima
\nYokoyama Teruko, Hibakusha of Nagasaki
\nSpecial report on the Black Rain: Dr. Tamura Kazuyuki, Prof. Emeritus, Hiroshima Univ.
\nLee_Ki-yeol\u3000Korean A-Bomb Casualty Association
\nSim_Jin-tae\u3000Hapcheon Branch Chief, Korean A-Bomb Casualty Association
\nAbacca Anjain-Maddison, Representative of the Rongelap Islanders, the Marshall Islands.<\/p>\n

Drafting Committee Meeting
\nTime: 19:00 – Venue: Hiroshima Road Building (2-9-24 Hikarimachi, Higashi-ku, Hiroshima. Conference room on the 3rd floor); One representative from each organization is invited to take part in the meeting.<\/p>\n

August 5 (Saturday):
\nInternational Meeting (Second day)
\nVenue: Hiroshima JA Building<\/p>\n

Format: In-person rally & Livestreamed by Zoom<\/p>\n

09:30-12:00 Session II: Prohibition of nuclear weapons and achieving a world without nuclear weapons<\/p>\n

(Continued in right column)<\/p>\n

(Click here for a version in French<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Question related to this article:<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
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\nCan we abolish all nuclear weapons?<\/a> <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

(Continued from left column)<\/p>\n

Speakers:<\/p>\n

Joseph Gerson, Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security, U.S.
\nOleg Bodrov, North-West Russia Peace Movement\/ Public Council of the Southern Coast of the Gulf of Finland, Russia
\nRoland Nivet, French Peace Movement
\nLee Jun Kyu, Institute for Unification and Peace Policy, Hadfnshin University, ROK
\nYasui Masakazu, Secretary General, Japan Council against A and H Bombs<\/p>\n

12:00-13:30 Lunch break<\/p>\n

13:30-16:00 Session III: A nuclear weapon-free, peaceful and just world \u2013 Solidarity and actions of civil society<\/p>\n

Speakers:<\/p>\n

Margaret Engel, Peace Action New York, US
\nKate Hudson, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, U.K.
\nReiner Braun, No NATO Campaign, Germany\/ Former Executive Director, IPB
\nUlla Klotzer, Global Women for Peace United against NATO, Finland
\nSean Conner, Executive Director, International Peace Bureau (IPB)<\/p>\n

16:00-16:30 Closing Session:<\/p>\n

Proposal and adoption of the Declaration of the International Meeting<\/p>\n

Closing remarks<\/p>\n

August 6 (Sunday):
\n06:30 Meet at Sejour Fujita; Walk to the Peace Park<\/p>\n

08:00-08:45 Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony (Hiroshima Peace Park)<\/p>\n

Hiroshima Day Rally
\nVenue: Green Arena, Hiroshima Sports Center (4-1 Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima.)<\/p>\n

Time: 13:00-15:30 (JST) Format: In-person rally & Livestreamed by Zoom<\/p>\n

Program:
\nOpening song; Opening remarks; Introduction of overseas delegates
\nPresentation of messages
\nOrganizer\u2019s keynote report: Tomida Koji, Drafting Committee Chair
\nGreetings by Hiroshima Mayor: Matsui Kazumi, Mayor of Hiroshima (TBC)
\nGreetings from the Hibakusha: Mimaki Toshiyuki, Co-Chair, Nihon Hidankyo
\nGuest speaker: Wada Shizuka, Writer\/ Co-convenor, Signature campaign to urge the
\nJapanese government to join the TPNW
\nGreetings of solidarity from political parties\/ parliamentarians
\n– Shii Kazuo, Chair, Japanese Communist Party
\nSpecial campaign: \u201cConveying Hibakusha\u2019s voices to the world\u201d: Hiroshima Shinfujin
\n– Setsuko Thurlow, Hibakusha of Hiroshima
\n– Yano Miyako, Hibakusha of Hiroshima
\n– Makino Kazumi, Chair, Black Rain Sufferers\u2019 Association of Hiroshima
\n– Abacca Anjain-Maddison, Rongelap Islander, Marshall Islands
\nProhibition of nuclear weapons\/ achieving a world without nuclear weapons \u2013Movements in nuclear powers and \u201cnuclear umbrella\u201d states
\n– Ersilia Soudais, Member of French National Assembly, France Unbowed
\n– Daniel H\u00f6gsta, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
\n– Phan Thi Khanh Chi, Vietnam Peace Committee- ICAN (TBC)
\n– Corazon Fabros, Nuclear-Free Philippines Coalition\/ IPB Co-President<\/p>\n

Cultural Program: Chorus \u201cHiroshima \u2013 Rivers of Love\u201d and speech by Nakazawa Misayo (wife of Nakazawa Keiji, author of the \u201cBarefoot Gen\u201d) -TBC<\/p>\n

Report from the Scientists Forum of the 2023 World Conference \u201cSending out messages of peace from students, in the midst of stormy nuclear-arms buildup\u201d<\/p>\n

People\u2019s campaign to urge the Japanese government to join the TPNW:
\n– Youth organizing Committee of Kochi Prefecture
\n– Toyoki Keiko, Kofu Citizens Association to urge the signing\/ratification of TPNW
\n– Murakami Atsuko, Through marcher of Tokyo-Hiroshima course, 2023 Nationwide Peace March<\/p>\n

Message from Hiroshima (Hiroshima Organizing Committee)
\nAdoption of a conference declaration
\nClosing<\/p>\n

(Editor’s note: The program for Nagasaki is similar to that for Hiroshima. For details, go to the source website listed above.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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