Mayor Matsui of Hiroshima City has announced the outline of the "Peace Declaration" to be read aloud on "Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Day" on the 6th of next month, 76 years after the bombing.
It is calling on the Japanese government to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which came into effect in January, and to seek immediate relief for those who have been exposed to the so-called "black rain."
This was revealed at a press conference held on the 30th.
In the Peace Declaration, which will be read at the Peace Memorial Ceremony on the 6th of next month, we will accept the thoughts of the atomic bomb survivors in good faith and participate in the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which came into effect in January, bridging the nuclear-weapon states and non-nuclear-weapon states. I'm asking you to do it well.
In addition, he has not participated in the proceedings against the government based on the fact that the court ruling has been finalized, in which residents and others alleged that they had suffered health damage due to the so-called "black rain" that fell immediately after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. They are calling for immediate relief of people.
Then, the voice of "no need for nuclear weapons" will be sent from the atomic bombed area of Hiroshima so that it will be the consensus of civil society, and it will be declared that we will promote the creation of an environment that encourages policy changes in each country.
Mayor Matsui said, "Because the debate on nuclear disarmament in the international community has stagnated due to the influence of the new coronavirus, I would like to make a declaration that has the power to move forward."