Dear friends,
The Organizing Committee of the 2024 World Conference against A & H Bombs announced that the World
Conference will take place on August 3-9 in Hiroshima and Nagasaki under the theme: "Together with
the Hibakusha, let us achieve a nuclear weapon-free, peaceful and just world -- for the future of
the humankind and our planet".
This year's World Conference, which will be held on the eve of 2025, the 80th anniversary of the
atomic bombings, has even greater significance for the realization of the Hibakusha's wish to
achieve a world without nuclear weapons in their lifetime.
Despite of the wish of the peoples of the world for a nuclear weapon-free peaceful world, the war in
Ukraine and the Gaza massacre continue and the danger of use of nuclear weapons is not gone. In
response to the current crisis, the nuclear powers and their allies have strengthened their military
blocs and continue to cling to their policy of "nuclear deterrence”. But at the same time, a major
trend toward "the prohibition of nuclear weapons," powered by the TPNW, continues to develop.
Looking to the NPT PrepCom in July and the 3MSP of TPNW next March, we aim to make the Conference a
rallying point to strengthen cooperation with the UN, the governments and civil society of the
world.
The Conference also aim to mobilize the Japanese public opinion to make the Japanese government sign
and ratify the TPNW and take the lead in the abolition of nuclear weapons. We call for your support
and participation in the 2024 World Conference.
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Provisional Schedule:
2024 World Conference against A and H Bombs
(As of March 29, 2024)
I. Theme and Schedule of the 2024 World Conference against A & H Bombs
Main Theme:
With the Hibakusha, Let Us Achieve a Nuclear Weapon-free, Peaceful and Just World – for the Future of
the Humankind and Our Planet
Conference Schedule:
August 3 (Sat)
- Opening Session, Session I, II and III, International Meeting
August 4 (Sun)
- Closing Session, International Meeting
- Opening Plenary, 2024 World Conference - Hiroshima
August 5 (Mon)
- Workshops/ Forums/ Field trips
August 6 (Tue)
- Closing Plenary/ Hiroshima Day Rally
August 8 (Thu)
- (TBD)
August 9 (Fri)
- Nagasaki Day Rally, 2024 World Conference - Nagasaki
II. International Meeting, 2024 World Conference against A and H Bombs
Session Themes:
Session I: Making Hibakusha’s voices heard all over the world:
- - Messages of Hibakusha of Hiroshima/Nagasaki (including Korean Hibakusha)
- - Voices of nuclear test victims, researchers and scientists
Session II: Achieving a nuclear weapon-free, peaceful and just world
- - Promoting the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
- - Rejecting the use and threat of nuclear weapons; Implementation of the NPT Article VI;
Spreading
nuclear-weapon-free zones
- - Denouncing nuclear deterrence theory
Session III: Solidarity and joint efforts/movements of civil society
- - Joint actions for promoting the TPNW and creating a nuclear-weapon-free world
- - Solidarity with movements on various agenda (anti-war and for peace; renewable energy and
environment; sustainable society; poverty and social gaps; human rights; gender equality, etc)
III. Plenary Meetings/ Workshops (Details to be announced)
Opening Plenary, 2024 World Conference against A and H Bombs - Hiroshima
Date/Time: 14:00-16:30 (JST), August 4 (Sun)
Venue: Green Arena, Hiroshima Sports Center
Format: In-person rally (Online livestreaming by Zoom)
Workshops/Forums on different themes; Field trips; Associated events
Date/Time: 09:30-16:30 (JST), August 5 (Mon)
Venue: Different locations throughout Hiroshima City
Format: In-person meetings only
Closing Plenary/ Hiroshima Day Rally, 2024 World Conference against A and H Bombs
Date/Time: 10:30-13:00 (JST), August 6 (Tue)
Venue: Green Arena, Hiroshima Sports Center
Format: In-person rally (Online livestreaming by Zoom)
Nagasaki Day Rally, 2024 World Conference against A and H Bombs
Date & Time: 10:30-13:00 (JST), August 9 (Fri)
Venue: Nagasaki Shimin Kaikan Gymnasium
Format: In-person rally (Online livestreaming by Zoom)
