Activities
2018.8.6 HIROSHIMA PEACE MEMORIAL CEREMONY
To console atomic bomb victims for a soul and pray for lasting peace of the world, it’s put in front of the atomic bomb victims cenotaph in Peace Memorial Park (Hiroshima peaceful city monument) and a peaceful commemorative ceremony is being held under participation of citizen a lot including bereaved family of atomic bomb victims. The peace declaration performed by Mayor Hiroshima in the ceremony is sent to the all the countries, and I keep complaining of extinction of a nuclear weapon and realization of the world lasting peace.
Peaceful bell and siren are rung at 8:15 when an atom bomb was dropped, and intention of a sorrow is shown to atomic bomb victims at a ceremony meeting place, a home and a workplace, and I’m wishing for realization of lasting peace and am doing a silent prayer for 1 minute all together.
PeaceDeclaration
Address
August6,2018
Today,wearejoinedbyPrimeMinisterShinzoAbe,otherdistinguishedguests,atomicbombsurvivorsandbereaved
families,aswellascitizensfrom JapanandaroundtheworldatthePeaceMemorialCeremonytopayourdeepest
respectstothemanysoulsoftheatomicbombvictims.
OnAugust6,seventy-threeyearsago,thefirstatomicbombusedinhumanhistoryreducedHiroshimatorubbleinan
instant,stolesomanylives,andinvisibleradiationinflictedlong-term sufferingonmanythatcontinuestothisday.
We,thecitizensofHiroshimawhoexperiencedfirsthandthedisastercausedbyanuclearweapon,havecontinuously
calledfortheworldtorecognizetheconsequencesoftheatomicbombingandpreciousnessofpeace,aswellasto
realizeapeacefulworldfreefromnuclearweapons.
ThisyearinJune,wewitnessedthefirst-everU.S.-NorthKoreasummit.Bothleaderssignedajointstatementwhich
includedtheircommitmenttopursuingthecompletedenuclearizationoftheKoreanPeninsula.Wecommendthis
developmentanditiswelcomenewstothehibakushaaswellastheinternationalcommunity.
ItisourardenthopethatthecompletedenuclearizationoftheKoreanPeninsulaproceedssteadilyandswiftly,andwe
sincerelywishthatthisbecomesanopportunitytofurtherpavethewaytowardsaworldwithoutnuclearweapons.
InordertohavetheTreatyontheProhibitionofNuclearWeaponsenterintoforce,wedemandthattheleadersof
nuclear-armednationsandallothersseizethecurrentopportunitytoshifttheirpoliciessoastoimprovethe
effectivenessofthetreatythroughvariousmeasuresincludingthespeedyratificationbythosecountriesthathave
alreadysigned.
Heretoday,wepledgewithreneweddeterminationtojoinhandswiththosewhodesirepeaceanddoourutmostforthe
realizationoflastingworldpeaceandnuclearweaponsabolition,andtocontinueconveyingtherealitiesofthe
bombingandthepreciousnessofpeace.
Inclosing,weofferourprayersforthepeacefulreposeofthesouls,andwesincerelyhopethatthehibakushastill
sufferingfromtheaftereffectsandbereavedfamilieswillreceivestrengthenedcomprehensivecareandsupportfrom
thenationalgovernment.
MasanoriNagata
Chairperson
HiroshimaCityCouncil
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