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Join the discussion with Michiko Hattori, Atomic Bomb Survivor

Dec 11, 2020

Please join us on Monday, December 14 New York time / December 15 Japan time for a discussion with Ms Michiko Hattori, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, organised by Peace Boat and #Youth4Disarmament, a project of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA).

7:00 pm to 8:30 pm (New York), Monday 14 December
9:00 am to 10:30 am (Japan), Tuesday 15 December

RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3qKpm6v

Seventy-five years after the atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world still faces the grave threat of the existence of nuclear weapons and a nuclear arms race, despite the 75-year long plea of their total abolition by Hibakusha, survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as Global Hibakusha - those impacted by nuclear testing, uranium mining and other nuclear development around the world.

As the Hibakusha age, there are fewer opportunities to listen to their first-hand stories. We can continue to honour them by both celebrating their lives and work and by discussing possible actions we can take together and individually.

A discussion will be followed by a youth-led question-and-answer session.

This session is being organised as part of Peace Boat's Global Hibakusha Project Online.
Learn more about #Youth4Disarmament at https://www.youth4disarmament.org/.
 

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