Setsuko Sirlo "Every Japanese citizen thinks about nuclear issues"

Setsuko Sirlo, "Every Japanese citizen thinks about nuclear issues," February 14, 6:23

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A-bomb survivor Saro Setsuko, who spoke at the award ceremony of the Nobel Peace Prize three years ago, responded to an NHK interview and was the only war-hit country in the NPT to review the NPT from April. Each Japanese citizen has called on the state of nuclear weapons and appealed to the government.

Shiro Setsuro, 88, who was bombed in Hiroshima at the age of 13, talked about the experience of bombing to the representatives of each country in the process of negotiating the nuclear weapons ban treaty, and was credited with greatly contributing to the adoption of the treaty. When he won the Nobel Peace Prize three years ago, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons made a speech at the award ceremony.

Thurrow, who is visiting Paris, France, at the ICAN event, responded to an NHK interview on the 13th.

Sirlo said that after ICAN received the Nobel Prize for Peace, a growing number of young people have been working on nuclear issues, and said, "Young people should be able to do something, what to do. I'm very happy to be exploring. "

Meanwhile, the United States and Russia's Nuclear Disarmament Treaty, INF, the elimination of medium-range nuclear missiles, expired last year, and the "New START" is uncertain whether it will be extended after the deadline next year. I'm worried that if this situation continues in the two major nuclear powers, catastrophic events will happen someday. "

In addition, the NPT's once-in-a-fifth review meeting starting in April is the only war-hit country to have the opportunity to participate not only by the government but also by the general public, including NGOs, to discuss the future direction of nuclear disarmament. He said that each Japanese citizen should think about nuclear weapons and argue against the government and members of parliament.