The City of Hiroshima, in cooperation with the City of Nagasaki, has set up permanent A-bomb exhibitions at UN facilities in New York, Geneva and Vienna. For this reason, the "Hiroshima Training Program for UN Tour Guides" was launched in 2017, inviting tour guides from each facility to Hiroshima to learn about the reality of the atomic bombings.
　This year's training was the fourth time the training has been held. On-site training was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and part of the training program was conducted online.
　First, an online tour of the museum, the first of its kind for Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, was conducted after the museum closed on December 7 last year. With the help of ten volunteers from the Hiroshima Peace Volunteers who provided English-language guidance, the tour covered from the introductory exhibits in the East Building to some of the exhibits in the Main Building, with real-time commentary. On the following day, December 8, Professor Robert Jacobs of the Hiroshima Peace Institute at Hiroshima City University gave a lecture on the theme of "How Hiroshima is perceived in the United States". On the 11^th, Ms. Yoshiko Kajimoto and Ms. Keiko Ogura gave us a lecture on their A-bomb experiences.
　Although the training was conducted for locations with large time differences, a total of 134 UN staff, mainly tour guides at each UN facility, attended the training live. In a questionnaire survey conducted after the training, participants said, "I have developed a desire to learn more about Hiroshima," and "I would like to visit Hiroshima and see the museum after the pandemic is over."
　Although it was unfortunate that the field training in Hiroshima could not be conducted due to the pandemic, it provided an opportunity for many UN staff to deepen their interest in Hiroshima.