IOC = International Olympic Committee Coates Coordinating Chairman visited Nagasaki City on the 16th, "Reaffirming the mission of peace and paying homage to Nagasaki. The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics hope for a peaceful future. It will be the light of. "
The IOC's Coordinating Chairman, Coates, visited Nagasaki City on the 16th, the first day of the UN resolution "Olympic Ceasefire" calling for a truce during the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Chairman Coates first visited the exhibition at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum in Nagasaki City for about 20 minutes.
The visit was closed to the public, and according to the museum, he showed a keen interest in various photographs showing the miserable appearance of the city after the atomic bombing.
After this, Chairman Coates made a flower donation at the Peace Memorial Hall in the country where the "List of Atomic Bomb Victims" is stored, and said, "I reaffirm the mission of peace and pay homage to Nagasaki, the city of peace. Without more solidarity, there will be no peace. The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will be a light of hope for a more peaceful future. "
After dedicating silence to the victims of the atomic bomb, he wrote in his memoir, "I reaffirmed the mission of peace in the Olympic Games in the peaceful city of Nagasaki."
According to the city of Nagasaki, there was no major confusion during the series of visits.