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UN Secretary General welcomes Nagasaki Archbishop at Nuclear Non Proliferation Conference

Nagasaki prelate takes anti-nuclear plea to UN, CathNews Asia  May 6, 2010 Nagasaki Archbishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami has met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on the opening day of the UN 2010 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, to appeal for the abolition of nuclear weapons.Welcoming the archbishop, Ban said that such an appeal from a religious leader, a Catholic bishop, is of great importance, UCA News reports.

The archbishop handed the secretary general a copy of a joint statement that he and Bishop Atsumi Misue of Hiroshima issued last February calling on world leaders “to take a courageous step toward the total abolition of nuclear weapons and the realization of a world without wars.”

Nagasaki prelate takes anti-nuclear plea to UN | CathNews Asia

May 6, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons