Let Us
Make "No More Hiroshimas and Nagasakis" Philosophy of Humanity
The
60th summer since Hiroshima and Nagasaki has come.
Blue
sky, rising clouds and singing of cicadas showering all over -- all of
these
lead the Hibakusha to their memories of "that day", reminding them of
their
nightmares.
Looking
back, in August 1956, when the Hibakusha for the first time assembled
in Nihon
Hidankyo, their own organization, declared the start of their struggle
in "Message
to the World" which said, "Here, we appeal to the world uniting our
voices. Humanity must never again
inflict nor suffer the sacrifice and torture we have experienced."
In
this 60th year since the atomic bombing, we successfully held the
Atomic Bomb
Exhibition at the U.N. Headquarters in May, while carrying out the
struggle of
the Hibakusha�fs collective lawsuits at 12 district courts across Japan. We are now doing our utmost to organize the
"International Citizens' Conference for No More Hiroshimas and
Nagasakis" in
summer and "Rally to Achieve a World Without War and Nuclear Weapons"
in
autumn. In the midst of these efforts,
we are sending out this "Message to the World" again to you.
There
are three important meanings in this.
First,
the voice "No More" represents the thought of the Hibakusha, who have
strongly rejected the idea of Hiroshima or Nagasaki being repeated. This is the cry of denial to retaliation,
which should be heard by the people of the world now.
"No
More Hiroshimas, No More Nagasakis":
We send this message to our friends all over the world, along
with a
fresh determination of the Hibakusha to continue to tell about
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki, aiming at a "planet set free of wars or nuclear weapons."
Japan
Confederation of A-and H-Bomb Sufferers�f Organizations (Nihon
Hidankyo)