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1. Disarmament in Uncertain Times Discussed in Reykjavik

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, who spoke about their experiences to Icelandic students while in Reykjavik. “These hibakusha travel on Peace Boat as part of the ‘Global Voyage for a Nuclear-Free World – Peace ...

Created on 08 November 2018

2. Disarmament in Uncertain Times Discussed in Reykjavik

(Project Articles)

... of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, who spoke about their experiences to Icelandic students while in Reykjavik. “These hibakusha travel on Peace Boat as part of the ‘Global Voyage for a Nuclear-Free World – Peace ...

Created on 08 November 2018

3. UN High-Level Meeting Reflects Broad Support for Total Nuclear Disarmament

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... in his opening remarks to the day-long debate, apparently moved by his visit to the Japanese city of Nagasaki – scene of the world's second nuclear attack on August 9, 1945 after Hiroshima – in August ...

Created on 30 September 2018

4. UN High-Level Meeting Reflects Broad Support for Total Nuclear Disarmament

(Project Articles)

... in his opening remarks to the day-long debate, apparently moved by his visit to the Japanese city of Nagasaki – scene of the world's second nuclear attack on August 9, 1945 after Hiroshima – in August ...

Created on 30 September 2018

5. Japan Considers Ways of Shedding the Straitjacket and Go the Whole Hog for Nuclear Abolition

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... young diplomats from abroad to Hiroshima and Nagasaki to have them meet with the Hibakusha, said Tanaka. "From my perspective, these efforts do not suffice. Japan should lead the world in disarmament ...

Created on 30 September 2018

6. Japan Considers Ways of Shedding the Straitjacket and Go the Whole Hog for Nuclear Abolition

(Project Articles)

... young diplomats from abroad to Hiroshima and Nagasaki to have them meet with the Hibakusha, said Tanaka. "From my perspective, these efforts do not suffice. Japan should lead the world in disarmament ...

Created on 30 September 2018

7. My Life Will Never be the Same Again

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... and ensure that this never happens. Photo: Ilya Kursenko with a face mask. Credit: Katshuhiro Asagiri, IDN-INPS Multimedia Director. You will understand this once you see how Hiroshima and Nagasaki ...

Created on 15 September 2018

8. Kudos for Kazakhstan's 'Leading Role' as UN General Assembly Campaigns for Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... so because the potential consequences of nuclear testing have been underlined by the first-hand accounts of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki from survivors – the Hibakusha – highlighting the ...

Created on 07 September 2018

9. Test-Ban Treaty Will Produce Tangible Benefits for Humankind

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... of Hiroshima and Nagasaki from survivors – the Hibakusha – have helped to cement in our minds the horrors of the use of nuclear weapons in warfare. Likewise, recognizing the impact of nuclear testing on ...

Created on 06 September 2018

10. 73 Years On, a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World Remains a Mirage

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Francis on June 9, 2018 at the Vatican. UN Secretary-General António Guterres agrees. "Sadly, 73 years on, fears of nuclear war are still with us," he said in Nagasaki on August 9 commemorating the 73rd ...

Created on 20 August 2018

11. 73 Years On, a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World Remains a Mirage

(Project Articles)

... Francis on June 9, 2018 at the Vatican. UN Secretary-General António Guterres agrees. "Sadly, 73 years on, fears of nuclear war are still with us," he said in Nagasaki on August 9 commemorating the 73rd ...

Created on 20 August 2018

12. No More Hiroshimas, No More Nagasakis, No More Hibakusha

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Guterres said at the Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony in Japan on 9 August 2018, commemorating the 73rd anniversary of that devastating day. Following are extensive extracts from Guterres' remarks. – The ...

Created on 09 August 2018

13. Trump-Putin Summit A New Opportunity To Ban The Bomb

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... and most surprisingly, Japan, the only country to have ever suffered catastrophic nuclear bombing which was wreaked upon it twice in Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the U.S. in August 1945. Let us do a thought ...

Created on 08 July 2018

14. NPT Proves To Be An Exercise In Bad Faith As It Turns 50

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... that are at least as destructive as the atom bombs that wiped out Hiroshima and Nagasaki, since the subsequently developed hydrogen bombs in the U.S. arsenal are magnitudes more devastating and catastrophic.  ...

Created on 03 July 2018

15. Le comunità religiose sollecitano la conferenza di Ginevra a preparare il cammino verso un mondo libero dalle armi nucleari

(Italian)

... sessant'anni. I sostenitori della dichiarazione congiunta richiamano alla mente le catastrofiche conseguenze umanitarie delle bombe atomiche su Hiroshima e Nagasaki nel 1945. "Da allora, l'umanità è ...

Created on 07 May 2018

16. Faith Communities Urge Geneva Conference to Pave the Path to a Nuclear-Weapons- Free World

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... call to minds the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. "Since then, humankind has been forced to live in the shadow of apocalyptic destruction," reads ...

Created on 29 April 2018

17. Faith Communities Urge Geneva Conference to Pave the Path to a Nuclear-Weapons- Free World

(Project Articles)

... call to minds the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. "Since then, humankind has been forced to live in the shadow of apocalyptic destruction," reads ...

Created on 29 April 2018

18. Strong Plea for Early Entry into Force of Nuclear Ban Treaty

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... of World War II, "freedom from fear" was declared as a crucial, necessary element of our birthright as humans. Since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, nuclear weapons, predicated on ...

Created on 20 April 2018

19. Pressure Mounts on Japan to Join the Nuclear Ban Treaty - Norwegian

(Norwegian | Swedish)

... lidelse” på hibakusha-overlevende av den aller første atombomben i Hiroshima og Nagasaki, som ble sluppet i august 1945. 122 av FNs medlemsnasjoner adopterte det som formelt er kjent som Treaty on ...

Created on 20 April 2018

20. Pressure Mounts on Japan to Join the Nuclear Ban Treaty

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... of hitherto the first ever atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. 122 member nations of the United Nations adopted what is formally known as the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear ...

Created on 16 April 2018