This month, at the first meeting of the Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Vienna, the capital of Austria, a departure ceremony was held for young people to appeal for the abolition of nuclear weapons. I want to pass it on to the world and pass it on to the world. "
The departure ceremony will be held online by connecting the venues in Tokyo with Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and 14 young people including university students and graduate students visiting Austria will visit Austria at the meeting of the parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons starting on the 21st of this month. I attended.
At the ceremony, Yuta Takahashi, a university student from Hiroshima, said, "We are the younger generation who inherit the voices of the A-bomb survivors. Many young people will travel to this conference as well, so I want to be able to convey the voices of the A-bomb survivors to the world. I said my determination.
Hanako Okuno, a university student from Hiroshima who is also working on environmental issues, said, "There is concern that the use of nuclear weapons will cause a global temperature drop called'nuclear winter', so we will manufacture nuclear tests and nuclear weapons. The process also has a negative impact on the environment. I would like to emphasize the need for the abolition of nuclear weapons from the perspective of an environment and peace that seems to have no connection. "
Young people will give speeches to appeal for the abolition of nuclear weapons at events held by NGOs in the field, and will also carry out activities to convey the voices of A-bomb survivors to representatives of each country at the venue of the Conference of the Parties. I am.