Four years after the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was adopted by the United Nations, an NGO in Tokyo held an online event to emphasize the importance of activities to convey the voices of A-bomb survivors to the world.
This event was held by Tokyo's NGO "Peace Boat," which is participating in the ICAN = International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, which contributed to the conclusion of the treaty.
He also introduced that more than 2,000 people from 25 countries participated in the online efforts that have been carried out since October last year to disseminate the testimonies of A-bomb survivors to the world.
A-bomb survivors also participated in the event, and some people said that they felt a response to the misery of the atomic bomb damage and the importance of peace while looking at the faces of people around the world.
An American college student from Lebanon said online, "I was able to hear the testimony of the A-bomb survivors and realize that it really happened. I was encouraged by their activities to convey the importance of disarmament." I was talking.
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons has been ratified by 54 countries and regions and has already come into effect, while nuclear-weapon states and Japan under the umbrella of nuclear weapons have not participated.
Akira Kawasaki, an international steering committee member of ICAN, said, "There is a movement to think firmly about the treaty in the countries under the nuclear umbrella. I would like to continue activities to convey the voices of the atomic bomb survivors to the world." I was talking.