An annual meeting of representatives of the Japan Atomic Bomb Survivors' Association was held by organizations of atomic bomb survivors nationwide, and an appeal was adopted calling on the Japan government to ratify and sign the treaty in the run-up to the second meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons to be held at the United Nations Headquarters this year.
For two days on the 18th and 19th, a meeting of representatives of the Japan Hidankyo = Japan Council of Organizations for Atomic and Hydrogen Bomb Victims was held in Tokyo, attended by about 2 people from all over Japan.
At the meeting, representatives from various regions expressed their opinions on the current state of the activities, and there were many opinions that it would be difficult for the A-bomb survivors to continue their activities alone, such as "There is no one to take charge of the activities and we have no choice but to dissolve them as they are" and "We should seek further cooperation from the children, grandchildren, and young people of the A-bomb survivors."
As we look toward 50, the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing, the Association of Japan Survivors will review its past activities centered on A-bomb survivors and reach a conclusion next year or 2025 on a new movement policy and organization.
Following this, an appeal was adopted calling on the Japan Government to ratify and sign the treaty and to participate in the conference as an observer in the run-up to the second session of the Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons to be held at the United Nations Headquarters this November.
Mr. Yoshimi Tanaka, a member of the Japan Hidankyo Representative Committee, said, "There are positive opinions for continuing our activities, and we would like to advance discussions so that we can convey that the abolition of nuclear weapons is a problem not only for the A-bomb survivors but also for the people."