Hiroshima proclamation of a total ban of nuclear arms
Hiroshima Prefecture Declaration for the
Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons
We, the people of Hiroshima Prefecture, having experienced
the ravages of the first atomic bomb ever used in the history
of mankind, and having fully realized the horror of nuclear
weapons and the continuing agony of the survivors, have appealed
at every opportunity to all the people in the world to strive for
the total abolition of nuclear weapons so that the tragedy of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki will not be repeated.
Today, however, the nations which possess nuclear weapons
are competing in the expansion of nuclear arms - a situation
which aggravates international tensions and threatens the
peace of the world and the survival of mankind.
It is the duty and responsibility of everyone living today to
reconfirm the dignity of life by exerting the utmost effort to
realize a complete ban on nuclear weapons and to achieve a
lasting peace for the world.
On the occasion of the International Peace Year, we hereby
declare the adoption of Japan's three national nonnuclear principles
as fundamental principles of Hiroshima Prefecture.
March 22, 1986
Hiroshima Prefecture
Third Arms Reduction Conference of the United Nations
1. Purpose
In 1992 and later in 1994 the United Nations held arms reductions conferences in
Hiroshima where the participants called for a total ban of nuclear arms and pleaded
for lasting, global peace. Simultaneously, these conferences facilitated the
international discussion of nuclear arms reduction.
On these occasions Hiroshima Prefecture, with the cooperation of the United Nations,
organized a "Hiroshima Prefecture and city population dialogue" within Hiroshima where
the participants of the conference and the citizens of Hiroshima Prefecture and city
could meet and discuss the issues at hand.
After the conference, with the cooperation of the United Nations, Hiroshima Prefecture
and city will hold a public symposium.
2. Location
Hiroshima International Conference Center
3. Conference schedule
May 20, 1996 (Monday) - 23 (Thursday)
Reception period: May 19, 1996 (Sunday) - 24 (Friday)
4. Conference themes
"Efforts toward a safer world without nuclear arms"
5. Participants
70 famous people from Japan and abroad (politicians, high government officials,
foreign diplomats, scholars, and representatives of the mass media and NGO)
6. Sponsor
United Nations Arms Reduction Center, United Nations Asian-Pacific Peace Arms
Reduction Center
7. Cooperation
Hiroshima Prefecture, Hiroshima city, Hiroshima Peace Culture Center (Foundation)
8. Support
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
9. Outline of the Hiroshima Prefecture and city population dialogue
(1)Schedule: May 22, 1996 (Wednesday), from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
(2)Place: Hiroshima International Conference Center, B2, "Himawari"
(3)Eligible participants: General prefectural and city population
(4)Capacity for participants: approximately 600 persons
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