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The Opening of an Exhibition about the Atomic Bombings and Disarmament in the United Nations Office at Geneva
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A new exhibition titled "Toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons" was opened on November 11,
2011 in the United Nations Office in Geneva. Following on from the exhibition opened at United
Nations Headquarters (New York City, United States), this exhibition was also made possible
through a joint effort by Hiroshima City and Nagasaki City, with support from the government of
Japan, the United Nations and others.
On display at the exhibition are heat-scorched tiles, a statue of an angel from Urakami Cathedral,
as part of a total of thirteen artifacts from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These are shown together with
twelve photographic panels explaining the reality of atomic bomb damage and disarmament
initiatives by the United Nations and others.
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Mayors of Hiroshima (at front) and Nagasaki (at rear) performing the tape-cutting at the opening ceremony
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The opening ceremony held at the exhibition venue was attended by over 100 people from the
United Nations, Japanese government, those from Hiroshima and Nagasaki and others.
In his speech, Kazumi Matsui, Mayor of Hiroshima, said that the exhibition will be a base for the
extension of initiatives by Hiroshima and Nagasaki to abolish nuclear weapons and achieve
perpetual world peace. He also said that he hoped many people who visited the exhibition would
actually come to Hiroshima to hear for themselves the wishes of the atomic bomb survivors.
The United Nations employees and members of the general public who attended the opening
ceremony viewed the panels and atomic bombing artifacts with great interest.
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(Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Outreach Division)
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