A-bomb survivors appeal for the abolition of nuclear weapons before the Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Before the first Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was held in Austria, atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki attended an event for young people 77 years ago when the atomic bomb was dropped. He talked about his experience of being bombed and appealed for the abolition of nuclear weapons.

On the 17th, 60 young people from each country participated in an event held by an American NGO working on the abolition of nuclear weapons in Vienna, the capital of Austria, and atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki who were visiting the site were invited as guests. ..

Of these, Kiichi Kido, who was bombed in Nagasaki at the age of 5, said about the situation when the atomic bomb exploded 77 years ago, "The moment I heard the sound like an airplane, I was scared by the strong light of'Pikadon'. I fainted. There were a lot of corpses around the hypocenter, and it was just hell. "

In addition, Masashi Iejima, who was bombed in Hiroshima at the age of three, touched on the current situation in Ukraine and said, "Russia's stance of not quitting the use of nuclear weapons poses a danger of nuclear war. It is clear that this will lead to the destruction of humankind, "he said, calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons.

Young people from each participating country listened enthusiastically to the stories of the A-bomb survivors, taking notes, and a Canadian woman said, "It is very important for young people like myself to hear the stories of the A-bomb survivors. "I think," said a Fijian man, "I felt that the story of the hibakusha was very important because humans would forget what happened in the past unless they remembered it repeatedly."

Participating college students "I want to tell as many people as possible about the damage caused by the atomic bomb"

Yuta Takahashi, a university student from Hiroshima who is the co-representative of the group that disseminates the issue of nuclear weapons, said, "It was impressive that the participants listened to the testimony of the A-bomb survivors with tears and stiff faces. I think that the perspective of what will bring to humankind is the starting point for thinking about this issue. Participating in various events held in conjunction with the Conference of the Parties, and causing as many people as possible the damage experienced by Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I want to tell you. "