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Mayors for Peace Secretary General's attendance to ICRC Regional Conference on International Humanitarian Law in Asia-Pacific
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On September 26, 2018, the Chairperson of this Foundation (and Secretary-General of Mayors for Peace) Yasuyoshi Komizo attended the Regional Conference on International Humanitarian Law in Asia-Pacific in Jakarta, Indonesia, at the request of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
At the second session of the conference, Human Considerations Around Nuclear Weapons, he gave a presentation titled "Civil Society Perspective towards a World without Nuclear Weapons: Mayors for Peace at Work".
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In his presentation, Mr. Komizo spoke about the hibakushas' experience and emphasized their desire to create a world free of nuclear weapons and their wish that no-one should ever again go through what they did.
He gave examples of wide-ranging nuclear disarmament promotion activities by civic groups, as well as examples where the leaders of nuclear weapon states have achieved nuclear disarmament amidst heightening international tension, pointing out the importance of diverse civic groups working together as well as leadership by policymakers.
He also spoke about Mayors for Peace, led by Hiroshima and Nagasaki cities,
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Presentation by Mr. Komizo
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and their two key objectives for their activities for the achievement of a peaceful world: to realize a world without nuclear weapons and to create safe and resilient cities.
He emphasized that it will be possible to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons if the national and local governments cooperate with a wide range of civic groups, and called for participants to work together with Mayors for Peace on specific measures to achieve nuclear disarmament.
There were also proactive questions from participants (international humanitarian law experts, diplomats, NGOs, and others), and the session enabled us to share the need for efforts to achieve the abolition of nuclear weapons with a large number of people.
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