Dear friends,
The representatives of Japan Council against A and H Bombs (Gensuikyo) had a meeting with the Foreign Ministry of the Japanese government on October 9, and requested the government to take the following 2 points of action so that the forthcoming NPT Review Conference will be a point of decisive turn to achieving a total ban and the elimination of nuclear weapons. Our letter to the Japanese government is as follows:
Mr. ABE Shinzo, Prime Minister
Mr. KISHIDA Fumio, Foreign Minister
October 9, 2014
Towards the 70th anniversary of the A-Bombing and the 2015 NPT Review Conference:
The government of the A-bombed nation must exert all its effort to initiate negotiations on a convention for a total ban and the elimination of nuclear weapons
Next year will mark the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the 2015 NPT Review Conference will soon be held. The Japanese government has repeatedly said it would play a role “as the only country to have suffered the atom c bombing during war, to achieve a nuclear weapon-free world.” In order to me t the desire of the Hibakusha and the people to ensure that nuclear weapons will be eliminated in the Hibakusha’s lifetime, it is absolutely necessary f r Japan to take actions to honor its own pledge.
Having agreed on the Final Document of the 2010 NPT Review Conference, Japan, as a state party to the NPT, has the responsibility for implementing it. Agreeing to achieve a “world without nuclear weapons,” the Final Document confirmed the nee to make “special effort to create a framework” for it, and noted the five-p int proposal of the U.N. Secretary-General, including the start of negotiations for a nuclear weapons convention. The start of negotiations for a nuclear weapons convention is getting to be a focus in international politics on nuclear disarmament.
In the 68th Session of the U.N. General Assembly held last year, the resolution calling for the start of negotiations on a nuclear weapons convention (68/32) was adopted with the support of 137 countries, showing clearly the major direction the world is heading for. But some nuclear weapon states are resisting, expressing “regret” to su h a move. What is required of the government of Japan is the commitment and action to make a breakthrough in this situation.
The Japanese government has cast an abstention vote to the resolutions proposed by the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and Malaysia, which call for the start of negotiations for a nuclear weapons convention. Such a stance of Japan is disappointing both domestically and internationally, and clearly undermining the trust and diplomatic influence of the A-bombed country. Japan should not tolerate the arguments by nuclear weapon states, but must proactively press them to change their attitude.
Despite the fact that the international focus is now on the treaty to ban nuclear weapons, some nuclear powers cling to “nuclear deterrence” theory and oppose to hold any discussion on su a treaty. In fact, “nuclear deterrence” theory has opened the way r military confrontation, vicious cycle of nuclear arms race and proliferation of nuclear weapons. But nuclear weapons are, as the Japanese government admitted, atrocious weapons that must not be used in any circumstances.
In October 2013, the Japanese government joined 125 nations in supporting the Joint Statement on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons, which stated, “It is in the interest of the ve y survival of humanity that nuclear weapons are never used again, under any circumstances.” It is especially significant that the joint stateme affirmed that the only way to guarantee that nuclear weapons will never be used again is “through their total elimination.” Japan ought to dedi ate its energy to bring to reality the heart of the joint statement as the A-bombed nation and the signer of it.
Based on the above, we call on the Japanese government to take the following actions.
1. To do the utmost to make the forthcoming NPT Review Conference a point of decisive turn to achieving a total ban and the elimination of nuclear weapons: In particular, Japan should work for an agreement to be reached on the start of negotiations for a treaty banning nuclear weapons; Japan should also vote in favor of all resolutions that aim to reach the same goal at the 69th Session of the U.N. General Assembly, and should make every effort towards and at the 2015 NPT Review Conference so that its final document will specify the start of negotiations on a treaty banning nuclear weapons.
2. To break away from the security policy depending on the “extended deterrence” or so-called “nuclear umbrella” of he U.S. nuclear weapons. Given the fact that not only all the ASEAN countries but China, DPRK, India and Pakistan have supported the NAM and Malaysian resolutions calling for the start of negotiations on a nuclear weapons convention, we call on the Japanese government to take the initiative in opening new dialogue and cooperation in Asia for achieving a total ban and the elimination of nuclear weapons.
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Japan Council against A & H Bombs (GENSUIKYO)
2-4-4 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8464 JAPAN
phone: +81-3-5842-6034
fax: +81-3-5842-6033
Email: antiatom@topaz.plala.or.jp
URL: http://www.antiatom.org/
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The representatives of Japan Council against A and H Bombs (Gensuikyo) had a meeting with the Foreign Ministry of the Japanese government on October 9, and requested the government to take the following 2 points of action so that the forthcoming NPT Review Conference will be a point of decisive turn to achieving a total ban and the elimination of nuclear weapons. Our letter to the Japanese government is as follows:
Mr. ABE Shinzo, Prime Minister
Mr. KISHIDA Fumio, Foreign Minister
October 9, 2014
Towards the 70th anniversary of the A-Bombing and the 2015 NPT Review Conference:
The government of the A-bombed nation must exert all its effort to initiate negotiations on a convention for a total ban and the elimination of nuclear weapons
Next year will mark the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the 2015 NPT Review Conference will soon be held. The Japanese government has repeatedly said it would play a role “as the only country to have suffered the atom c bombing during war, to achieve a nuclear weapon-free world.” In order to me t the desire of the Hibakusha and the people to ensure that nuclear weapons will be eliminated in the Hibakusha’s lifetime, it is absolutely necessary f r Japan to take actions to honor its own pledge.
Having agreed on the Final Document of the 2010 NPT Review Conference, Japan, as a state party to the NPT, has the responsibility for implementing it. Agreeing to achieve a “world without nuclear weapons,” the Final Document confirmed the nee to make “special effort to create a framework” for it, and noted the five-p int proposal of the U.N. Secretary-General, including the start of negotiations for a nuclear weapons convention. The start of negotiations for a nuclear weapons convention is getting to be a focus in international politics on nuclear disarmament.
In the 68th Session of the U.N. General Assembly held last year, the resolution calling for the start of negotiations on a nuclear weapons convention (68/32) was adopted with the support of 137 countries, showing clearly the major direction the world is heading for. But some nuclear weapon states are resisting, expressing “regret” to su h a move. What is required of the government of Japan is the commitment and action to make a breakthrough in this situation.
The Japanese government has cast an abstention vote to the resolutions proposed by the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and Malaysia, which call for the start of negotiations for a nuclear weapons convention. Such a stance of Japan is disappointing both domestically and internationally, and clearly undermining the trust and diplomatic influence of the A-bombed country. Japan should not tolerate the arguments by nuclear weapon states, but must proactively press them to change their attitude.
Despite the fact that the international focus is now on the treaty to ban nuclear weapons, some nuclear powers cling to “nuclear deterrence” theory and oppose to hold any discussion on su a treaty. In fact, “nuclear deterrence” theory has opened the way r military confrontation, vicious cycle of nuclear arms race and proliferation of nuclear weapons. But nuclear weapons are, as the Japanese government admitted, atrocious weapons that must not be used in any circumstances.
In October 2013, the Japanese government joined 125 nations in supporting the Joint Statement on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons, which stated, “It is in the interest of the ve y survival of humanity that nuclear weapons are never used again, under any circumstances.” It is especially significant that the joint stateme affirmed that the only way to guarantee that nuclear weapons will never be used again is “through their total elimination.” Japan ought to dedi ate its energy to bring to reality the heart of the joint statement as the A-bombed nation and the signer of it.
Based on the above, we call on the Japanese government to take the following actions.
1. To do the utmost to make the forthcoming NPT Review Conference a point of decisive turn to achieving a total ban and the elimination of nuclear weapons: In particular, Japan should work for an agreement to be reached on the start of negotiations for a treaty banning nuclear weapons; Japan should also vote in favor of all resolutions that aim to reach the same goal at the 69th Session of the U.N. General Assembly, and should make every effort towards and at the 2015 NPT Review Conference so that its final document will specify the start of negotiations on a treaty banning nuclear weapons.
2. To break away from the security policy depending on the “extended deterrence” or so-called “nuclear umbrella” of he U.S. nuclear weapons. Given the fact that not only all the ASEAN countries but China, DPRK, India and Pakistan have supported the NAM and Malaysian resolutions calling for the start of negotiations on a nuclear weapons convention, we call on the Japanese government to take the initiative in opening new dialogue and cooperation in Asia for achieving a total ban and the elimination of nuclear weapons.
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Japan Council against A & H Bombs (GENSUIKYO)
2-4-4 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8464 JAPAN
phone: +81-3-5842-6034
fax: +81-3-5842-6033
Email: antiatom@topaz.plala.or.jp
URL: http://www.antiatom.org/
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