IALANA works to prevent nuclear war, abolish nuclear weapons, strengthen international law and encourage the peaceful resolution of international conflicts.
For leaders to take courageous actions, civil society must respect diversity, build mutual trust, and make the abolition of nuclear weapons a value shared by all humankind.
The Peace Declaration, delivered by the Mayor of Hiroshima at the ceremony, is sent to every country in the world, conveying Hiroshima's wish for abolition of nuclear weapons and the realization of eternal world peace.
It was founded with the objective of imparting the reality of the harm from the atomic bomb dropped on August 6, 1945, and the abolition of nuclear weapons, and the attainment of world peace.
It was opened for the purpose of communicating the actual state of damage caused by the atomic bomb dropped on August 6, 1945 to future generations, and for the abolition of nuclear weapons, and the realization of world peace.
It serves as a reminder of the then-disastrous and terrible appearance of what seemed to be a wiped-out Hiroshima and over time has become a symbol for abolishing nuclear weapons and upholding perpetual world peace.
The majority of the worlds governments and parliaments, not to mention NGOs, see the elimination of nuclear weapons not as something it might be'nice' to do'in some century', but as an urgent existential priority.
We will work for prevention of nuclear war and elimination of nuclear weapons, which have bearings on the life and death of human beings; safeguarding the right of nations to self-determination; general disarmament, dismantling of all the military blocs, and the withdrawal of foreign military bases;
Among these have been the Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons(1995), the International Court of Justice(1996), the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission(2006), and the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament(2009).
Sixty years ago, what the Japanese who had attained a seat in this distinguished Chamber sought from the depths of their hearts, and thereafter consistently and absolutely unfailingly wished for and advocated for was, single-mindedly, world peace and the elimination of nuclear weapons.
Peace, justice and environmental activists, faith-based and civil society organisations, scientific and medical experts, and United Nations agencies have been calling for negotiations to begin immediately on the elimination of nuclear weapons under strict and effective international control.
Milestones Historic landmarks at the UN included the 1978 first Special Session of the UN General Assembly devoted to Disarmament(SSODI) the Final Document of which remains the high watermark of the international consensus reached on disarmament clearly identifying as a priority the goal of the elimination of nuclear weapons.
In a statement on behalf of faith communities to the final session, Kimiaki Kawai, Program Director for Peace Affairs at Soka Gakkai International(SGI), said:"The elimination of nuclear weapons is not only a moral imperative; it is the ultimate measure of our worth as a species, as human beings.
The NAC called for the five nuclear weapon states- USA, Russia, Britain, France, China- and the three nuclear-capable states(India, Pakistan and North Korea) to make an unequivocal commitment to nuclear disarmament and to begin multilateral negotiations that would lead to the elimination of nuclear weapons through a Nuclear Weapons Convention.
In addition, in the regional program, the participants visited the Peace Memorial Museum and Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima. Deeply moved by the experience, they unanimously issued a"Peace Appeal" calling for(1) the abolition of nuclear weapons and realization of permanent peace in the world and(2) resolution of the problem of abductions by North Korea as quickly as possible.
Civil society has flourished since the end of the Cold War and launched campaigns aimed at eradicating landmines, reducing the traffic in small arms, alleviating third world debt, ending violence against women, abolishing nuclear weapons, protecting the rights of children, stopping the use of child soldiers and building an independent International Criminal Court.
Many Western States are focusing on marking the Golden Jubilee of the NPT in 2020 through highlighting the widespread peaceful applications of nuclear energy such as, for example, in agriculture, electricity production, human health and salinity, and strengthening the nuclear verification capabilities of the International Atomic Energy Agency; while downplaying the failure to achieve the elimination of nuclear weapons.
人類にとって大きな脅威の一つである核兵器の廃絶にも取り組んでいる。
It is committed to the abolitionof one ofthe biggest threats to mankind: nuclear weapons.
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