Hibakusha present 3 mil. signatures to protest nukes at U.N. confab

Hibakusha present 3 mil. signatures to protest nukes at U.N. confab

Japanese atomic bomb survivors or hibakusha -- Toshiyuki Mimaki and Masako Wada -- hand over a petition with nearly 3 million signatures demanding the abolishment of nuclear weapons on June 16, 2017, at the U.N. headquarters in New York to Costa Rican Ambassador Elayne Whyte Gomez, who is chairing a three-week U.N. conference, and Izumi Nakamitsu, undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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