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| The 2023 World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs took place from August 4-9. |
“We strongly believe that together, we will create a future of peace, stability, cooperation, and prosperity for the region and the world,” stated the leader in a message sent to the 2023 World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs in Hiroshima, Japan.
The conference, themed “With the Hibakusha, Let Us Achieve a Nuclear Weapon-free, Peaceful and Just World – for the Future of the Humankind and Our Planet,” was held from August 4-9.
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| The conference was attended by thousands of Japanese delegates and international representatives from the Marshall Islands, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Nepal, the US, Ukraine, Germany, France, Russia, Finland, Canada, the UK, and Vietnam. |
The leader expressed hope that this year’s conference would encourage nations to collaborate in building a peaceful world based on mutual understanding and respect, as well as the observance of international law, particularly the United Nations Charter and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and engage in mutually beneficial cooperation with sincerity, trust, and responsibility.
At the conference, a representative from the Vietnam Peace Committee delivered a speech on Vietnam’s foreign policy, specifically its “Four Nos” defense policy – no military alliances, no siding with one country against another, no foreign military bases or using Vietnamese territory to oppose other countries, and no using force or threatening to use force in international relations.
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| A representative from the Vietnam Peace Committee spoke at the conference. |
The conference aimed to bring together peace movements from Japan and around the world in the fight to eliminate nuclear weapons. It was attended by thousands of Japanese delegates and international representatives from the Marshall Islands, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Nepal, the US, Ukraine, Germany, France, Russia, Finland, Canada, the UK, and Vietnam.
The rally adopted the “Letter from Hiroshima to the World’s Governments,” urging all national leaders to take immediate action for nuclear weapons abolition./.
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