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    No More Nagasakis: Interfaith Action toward a World without Nuclear Weapons
    No More Nagasakis: Interfaith Action toward a World without Nuclear Weapons
    No More Nagasakis: Interfaith Action toward a World without Nuclear Weapons
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    No More Nagasakis: Interfaith Action toward a World without Nuclear Weapons

    By Toyokazu Ihara and Hirokazu Miyazaki

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    In a speech delivered in Japanese at Cornell University, atomic bomb survivor Tomokazu Ihara describes the bombing of his home city of Nagasaki in 1945, traces his activism against nuclear proliferation, and issues an impassioned plea for a world without nuclear weapons.

    Cornell Global Perspectives is an imprint of Cornell University's Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. The works examine critical global challenges, often from an interdisciplinary perspective, and are intended for a non-specialist audience. The Distinguished Speaker Series presents edited transcripts of talks delivered at Cornell, both in the original language and in translation.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCornell Global Perspectives
    Release dateApr 15, 2019
    ISBN9781501744402
    No More Nagasakis: Interfaith Action toward a World without Nuclear Weapons
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    Toyokazu Ihara

    Toyokazu Ihara was nine years old when U.S. forces dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. He was in the mountains that day, but his family was not so lucky. His mother, sister, and brothers all died from radiation exposure sustained during rescue work following the bombing. Ihara went on to become a union organizer, longtime city councilor, and international peace activist.

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      No More Nagasakis - Toyokazu Ihara

      IN 1961, JOHN F. KENNEDY WARNED that Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.

      In February 1981, discussing the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by atomic bombs during his first visit to Japan, Pope John Paul II appealed for the abolition of nuclear weapons. War is the work of man, he said. War is destruction of human life. War is death.

      Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.

      Seventy-two years ago, nuclear weapons, weapons of the ultimate evil, were used in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

      On July 7, 2017, the United Nations adopted the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons after a long and strenuous effort. On September 20, the treaty was opened for signature.

      Although countries that possess nuclear weapons and countries that depend on their nuclear umbrella have criticized the treaty for its ineffectiveness, it is a great achievement that a global norm has been established to serve as a starting point for the abolition of nuclear weapons.

      Yes, we, the survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, are hoping that the treaty will go into force with the ratification of

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