ILEA000110727: 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

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

Nuke ban treaty talks begin, Japan not taking part

Japan's disarmament ambassador Nobushige Takamizawa speaks at U.N. headquarters in New York on March 27, 2017. "Regrettably, given the present circumstances, we must say that it would be difficult for Japan to participate in this conference in a constructive manner and in good faith," Takamizawa said, announcing Tokyo's decision to abstain from negotiations on a treaty outlawing nuclear weapons. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nuke ban treaty talks begin, Japan not taking part

Japan's disarmament ambassador Nobushige Takamizawa (bottom R) speaks at U.N. headquarters in New York on March 27, 2017. "Regrettably, given the present circumstances, we must say that it would be difficult for Japan to participate in this conference in a constructive manner and in good faith," Takamizawa said, announcing Tokyo's decision to abstain from negotiations on a treaty outlawing nuclear weapons. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

China to vote against Japan-led nuke abolition motion

China's Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs Fu Cong gives an interview at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Oct. 25, 2016. Fu indicated China plans to vote against a Japan-led resolution calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons on the grounds that Tokyo is using the atomic bomb survivors to present itself as a victim of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

China to vote against Japan-led nuke abolition motion

China's Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs Fu Cong gives an interview at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Oct. 25, 2016. Fu indicated China plans to vote against a Japan-led resolution calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons on the grounds that Tokyo is using the atomic bomb survivors to present itself as a victim of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan requests Hiroshima invite to be reinstated in disarmament paper

Toshio Sano (C), Japan's ambassador for disarmament, listens on May 15, 2015, to a speech by Chinese Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs Fu Cong at a meeting of the U.N. committee on disarmament at a conference to review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. At the meeting, Sano called for the return of language in the final communique referring to possible visits by world leaders to Hiroshima and Nagasaki after it was removed from a draft at China's insistence. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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

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Nuke ban treaty talks begin, Japan not taking part

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China to vote against Japan-led nuke abolition motion

China to vote against Japan-led nuke abolition motion

Japan requests Hiroshima invite to be reinstated in disarmament paper