Governor Yuzaki of Hiroshima Prefecture, who is visiting the United States, spoke at a meeting held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, calling for the need to remember that nuclear weapons are a clear threat to the future of humankind.
Governor Yuzaki, who has been visiting the United States since the 4th, attended a meeting at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on the early morning of the 6th of Japan time to discuss how to advance the Sustainable Development Goals in the future.
In this, Governor Yuzaki gave a speech in English and showed a picture of Hiroshima immediately after the atomic bomb was dropped, explaining that the city was severely damaged 77 years ago and many people died. He pointed out that the use of nuclear weapons would cause catastrophic damage to the Sustainable Development Goals.
He argues that Russia's military invasion of Ukraine threatens the world with nuclear weapons, and fortunately no nuclear weapons are used, but it is a clear threat to the future of humankind. I did.
Governor Yuzaki will move to Washington on the 7th to meet with American think tank officials and discuss the international situation surrounding nuclear weapons.
And he will return to Hiroshima on the 10th of this month after completing a series of dates.