Invitation til møde den 28. juni 2018 med delegation af overlevende efter Hiroshima- og Nagasakibomberne

4
th
April 2018
2018 Peace Boat Hibakusha Project Global Voyage
for a Nuclear-FreeWorld
Participant Overview
■Participant Profiles
Mr UEDA Koji
Hiroshima survivor (exposed to the atomic bomb at age 3), born 15
February 1942. Lives in Hachioji City, Tokyo Prefecture.
Mr Ueda was exposed to radiation after he entered Hiroshima City with his mother
to check upon the damage to their home, which had stood just 400m from the
hypocenter. He was the Deputy Secretary General of the Tokyo A-Bomb Survivor
Association and former Secretary General of the Hachioji A-Bomb Survivor
Association. He visited Washington DC in 2003, and attended the NPT Review
Conference in 2005. The same year he visited Los Alamos to view the factory
which manufactured atomic bombs. He communicated the reality of atomic
weapons to civil society at the 2010 NPT Review conference. In Japan he speaks
about his experience of the bombing to many groups, including exchange students
and school groups from elementary age to university level.
Ms KURAMORI Terumi
Nagasaki survivor (exposed to the atomic bomb at age 1), born 8 January
1944. Lives in Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture.
Ms Kuramori was 5.8km from the hypcenter at the time of the explosion,but she,
her mother and young siblings survived as they were in a bomb shelter at the time.
As she was so young, she has no memory of that day, but she has devoted herself to
ensuring that Nagasaki is the last place nuclear weapons are ever used. In March
2017 she attended an event with students from the “High School Student Campaign
for 10,000 Signatures” and A-Bomb survivors living in Korea, at which she gave
her testimony and participated in an exchange and opinion sharing session.
■2
nd
Generation
Hibakusha/Legacy
Messenger
Ms SHINAGAWA Kaoru
2
nd
generation Hiroshima survivor. Born 10 June 1950. Lives in Hiroshima
City, Hiroshima Prefecture. Hiroshima City Volunteer Guide.
Ms Shinagawa's mother, then 25, was working at a tobacco processing plant 2km
from the hypocenter when she experienced the atomic bombing. She never had a
chance to hear about this story from her mother, but works tirelessly to teach about
peace and the horrors of atomic weapons as a volunteer guide in Hiroshima. She
regularly escorts school groups and visitors from around the world.
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Udenrigsudvalget, Det Udenrigspolitiske Nævn, Forsvarsudvalget og
delegationen til OSCE’s Parlamentariske Forsamling
Til:
Dato:
Udvalgenes, Nævnets og delegationens medlemmer og stedfor-
trædere
11. juni 2018
Invitation til møde med delegation af overlevende efter
Hiroshima- og Nagasakibomberne
En delegation fra organisationen Peace Boat og the International Campaign to
Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), som fik Nobels fredspris i 2017, besøger
Danmark i slutningen af juni måned og har i den forbindelse anmodet om et
møde med Udenrigsudvalget, Forsvarsudvalget, Det Udenrigspolitiske Nævn
og delegationen til OSCE’s Parlamentariske Forsamling.
Der er derfor arrangeret møde
torsdag den 28. juni 2018 kl. 13.15 – 14.15 i vær. 1-117.
Overlevende fra Hiroshima- og Nagasakibomberne vil indgå i delegationen.
Delegationsliste er vedhæftet.
Henvendelsen fra Peace Boat og the International Campaign to Abolish Nu-
clear Weapons (ICAN) er ligeledes vedhæftet.
Tilmelding bedes ske pr. mail til amalie.andresen@ft.dk senest fredag den 15.
juni 2018.
Med venlig hilsen
Amalie Bentsdatter Andresen,
udvalgsassistent
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May 11, 2018
Mr. Nick Hækkerup
Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Folketinget
Christiansborg
1240 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Mr. Chairman,
A delegation from Peace Boat and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
(ICAN) kindly requests the opportunity to meet with the Foreign Affairs Committee of the
Danish Parliament in Copenhagen on 28 June 2018.
ICAN is a campaign coalition consisting of more than 450 non-governmental organizations in
100 countries with the aim of eliminating nuclear weapons. We were awarded the Nobel Peace
Prize in 2017 for our efforts “to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences
of any use of nuclear weapons” and our “ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based
prohibition of such weapons”.
Peace Boat is a Japan-based international NGO that promotes peace, human rights, equal and
sustainable development and respect for the environment. Peace Boat is the anchor of ICAN in
Japan. One of our major projects is “Global Voyage for a Nuclear-Free World – Peace Boat
Hibakusha Project”, which consists of inviting Hibakusha (survivors of the atomic bombings of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki) to participate in around-the-world voyages to share their tragic
experiences, to educate people about the devastating humanitarian impact of nuclear
weapons, and to engage policy-makers and catalyze public support to make a nuclear-free
world reality.
As part of our current Global Voyage for a Nuclear Free World - Peace Boat Hibakusha Project,
we will be in Copenhagen on June 28 with a delegation of Hibakusha, including Mr. Kouji Ueda
(Hiroshima), Ms. Terumi Kuramori (Nagasaki), 2nd Generation Survivor Mr. Kaoru Shinagawa
(Hiroshima).
We look forward to hearing from you regarding the possibility for our delegation to meet with
the Foreign Affairs Committee, some of its members, and/or yourself.
Yours Sincerely,
Akira KAWASAKI
Executive Committee, Peace Boat
International Steering Group, ICAN
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