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International Meeting, 2007 World Conference against A & H Bombs

Opening Session (August 3)

Address of the Organizer: Sawada Shoji, Committee of Chairpersons, Organizing Committee

Greetings on behalf of the Hibakusha: Tanaka Terumi, Japan Confederation of A-and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo)

Messages from the Heads/Representatives of National Governments:

Plenary Session I: �gFor the Swift Abolition of Nuclear Weapons�h

Panel One: Government Representatives:

Mohd Arshad Manzoor Hussain, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the UN in Vienna

Hisham Mohamed Mostafa Badr, Ambassador to Japan, Arab Republic of Egypt

Mohamed Ezzeldine Abdel-Moneim, Special Adviser on Disarmament and Strategic Affairs, League of Arab States

Panel Two: Representatives of Anti-nuclear Peace Movements:

Lim Pil-Soo, People�fs Solidarity for Social Progress, ROK

Niu Qiang, Chinese People�fs Association for Peace and Disarmament

David Webb, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, U.K.

Francois Gagnaire, French Peace Movement

Joseph Gerson, American Friends Service Committee, USA

Hiroshi Taka, Japan Council against A & H Bombs

Statements:

Horie Yuri, Women�fs International Democratic Federation

Ogata Yasuo, Japanese Communist Party

John Hallam, People for Nuclear Disarmament/Friends of the Earth, Australia

Dao Ngoc Ninh, Vietnam Peace Committee

Ejimole Fidel Onwuekwe, World Youth Peace Organization, Nigeria

Rick Tingling-Clemmons, Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Committee of National Capital Area, USA

Michele Tingling-Clemmons, Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Committee, USA

Saito Kazuyoshi, International Association of Democratic Lawyers (Statement submitted)

Plenary Session II: �gPeaceful & Just World and Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution�h

Panel presentation:

Sukla Sen, Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace, India

Tomas Magnusson, International Peace Bureau

Corazon Valdez Fabros, Nuclear-Free Philippines Coalition, the Philippines

Hannelore Toelke, German Peace Council

Lina Cahuasqui, Terres des Hommes - Italia, Ecuador

Asai Motofumi, Hiroshima Peace Institute, Japan

Statements:

Takada Kimiko, New Japan Women�fs Association

Iraklis Tsavdaridis, World Peace Council

Lee Jun Kyu, Civil Network for a Peaceful Korea, ROK

Lalit Surjan, All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation

Beatrice Lemoine, French Peace Movement

Ole Kopreitan, No to Nuclear weapons, Norway/ IPPNW-Norway Delegation

Langston Tingling-Clemmons, Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Committee, USA

Malachy Kilbride, Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Committee, USA

Yoshizawa Hiroaki, Okinawa Council against A & H Bombs

Plenary Session III: �gMaking Known A-Bombing and Other Nuclear Sufferings Beyond Generations; Solidarity with Victims�h (August 4)

Panel presentation:

Tamamoto Haruhide, Plaintiff, Hiroshima A-Bomb Collective Lawsuit

Jin Keizo, Medical doctor, A-Bomb Victims Association of North America

Cho Chang Kun, Korean Atomic Bomb Casualty Association, ROK

Paul Ahpoy, Fiji Nuclear Test Veterans Association, Fiji

Milya Kavirova, Chelyabinsk Nuclear Victims Organization �gAIGUL�h, Russia

Gediminas Rimdeika, Sapiega Hospital, Lithuania

Statements:

Roza Fardieva, Chelyabinsk Nuclear Victims Organization �gAIGUL�h, Russia

Closing Session (August 5)

Presentation by National Government representative

Miguel Ruiz-Cabanas Izquierdo, Ambassador to Japan, United Mexican States

Reports from Workshops:

Workshop 1:Beatrice Lemoine, French Peace Movement

Workshop 2:Robert Lastman, Movement for the Abolition of War, UK

Workshop 3:Michele Tingling-Clemmons, Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Committee, USA

Report on the Scientists�f Forum:

Fukao Masayuki, Organizing Committee of the Scientists Forum

2007 World Conference against A & H Bombs - Hiroshima (August 6)

Greetings from National Government Representatives:

Miguel Ruiz- Cabanas Izquierdo, Ambassador of Mexico to Japan

Herminio Lopez Diaz, Deputy Head of Mission/ Political Counselor, Embassy of Cuba in Japan

Greetings from Hiroshima Mayor:

Akiba Tadatoshi, Mayor of Hiroshima City

Hibakusha�fs Reports:

Kaneko Kazushi, Director-General, Hiroshima Prefectural Federation of A-Bomb Victims Associations

Hamasaki Yoshimi, Plaintiff, Kumamoto A-Bomb Collective Lawsuit

Greetings from World Peace Movement Representatives:

Lee Jun Kyu, Civil Network for a Peaceful Korea, ROK

Ole Kopreitan, No to Nuclear Weapons, Norway

Milya Kavirova, �gAIGUL�g, Russia

Iraklis Tsavdaridis, World Peace Council

Reports from Japanese Grass-roots Movement and Youth:

Determination on Future Activities:

Sato Mitsuo, Steering Committee Co-Chair, Organizing Committee

Hiroshima Appeal

Special Resolution: We Demand a Fundamental Resolution of the Problems of A-Bomb Disease Recognition

2007 World Conference against A & H Bombs Nagasaki

Opening Plenary (August 7)

Greetings from Nagasaki Mayor:

Taue Tomihisa, Mayor of Nagasaki City

Organizer�fs Report

Anzai Ikuro, Committee of Chairpersons, Organizing Committee

Special Reports by Government Representatives:

Mohd Arshad Manzoor Hussain, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the UN in Vienna

Walid Ahmed Haggag, First Secretary, Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Japan

Greetings by Guest:

Tanaka Terumi, Japan Confederation of A-and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo)

Hibakusha Reports on A-Bomb Collective Lawsuits:

Nakayama Takamitsu, Secretary, Plaintiffs�f Group of Kumamoto A-Bomb Lawsuit

Moriuchi Minoru, Head of the Plaintiffs�f Group of Nagasaki A-Bomb Lawsuit

Greetings from Peace Movements from around the World:

Chu Chong-Hwan, Social Foundation: Minhwaryon, ROK

Niu Qiang, Chinese People�fs Association for Peace and Disarmament

David Webb, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, UK

Lina Cahuasqui, Terres des Hommes - Italia, Ecuador

Joseph Gerson, American Friends Service Committee, USA

Peace Marchers, Grass-Roots Movements, Youths Activities in Japan:

From Workshops and Forums in Nagasaki (August 8)

Forum: Dialogue between Government Representatives and Grass-Roots Movements -- For a Nuclear Weapon-Free, Peaceful and Just World (August 8)

Workshop 2. �gFor a Nuclear-Free and Peaceful Asia�h:

Kang Byeongcheol and Kang Jaenam, Cheju National University, ROK

Closing Plenary, 2007 World Conference against A & H Bombs - Nagasaki (August 9)

62nd Anniversary Program -- Together with the Hibakusha:

Taniguchi Sumiteru, Nagasaki Council of A-Bomb Sufferers

Cho Chang Kun, Korean Atomic Bomb Casualty Association

Action and Solidarity for a Nuclear Weapon-Free, Peaceful and Just World:

Greetings by Overseas Delegates

Francois Gagnaire, French Peace Movement

Jeong Jong Kwon, Democratic Labor Party, ROK

Tomas Magnusson, International Peace Bureau

Corazon Valdez Fabros, Nuclear-Free Philippines Coalition

Mohamed Ezzeldine Abdel-Moneim, League of Arab States

Greetings by Guests

Honda Toru, Nihon Seinendan Council

Kizu Hiromitsu, Nihonzan Myohoji

For a Nuclear-Free Japan with Article 9 Shining:

Special Lecture:

Ikeda Kayoko, The Committee of Seven for World Peace Appeal/ Co-Convener of the �gDeclaration of a Nuclear-Free Japan�h Campaign

Reports on Grass-roots Activities in Japan:

Nuclear Weapon-Free Future--Youths and Students

Proposal for Future Actions:

Hiroshi Taka, Japan Council against A & H Bombs/ Steering Committee Co-Chair, Organizing Committee

Call from Nagasaki

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International Youth Rally �gLet Us Get Rid of Nuclear Weapons 2007�h in Nagasaki (August 7)

Presentations by Youth Representatives from around the world:

Magali Bonnet, French Peace Movement

Erin Placey, American Friends Service Committee - New England, USA

Shen Fang, Chinese People�fs Association for Peace and Disarmament

Trygve Berge, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War - Norway

Kim Young Jin, Conscientious objector/ Forward, ROK

Appeal from the International Youth Rally: �gLet Us Get Rid of Nuclear Weapons 2007�h in Hiroshima and Nagasaki