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1500 Japanese peace activists ignored by Nuclear Non Proliferation talks

contingent of 1,500 Japanese activists who came to the United States last week to pressure world leaders to finally abandon the bomb….The activists even tried to present U.N. treaty negotiators with boxes of 100,000 signatures from citizens across the world who were demanding an end to nuclear weapons, but officials only allowed two small boxes inside.

The non-nuclear option  Las Vegas CityLife Blogs, by Jason Whited , May. 13, 2010 “….More than 80 Japanese activists, fresh off a rally last week outside negotiations for the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in New York City, made the trek to Las Vegas to take part in a May 6 peace vigil outside the Lloyd D. George Federal District Courthouse. The Japanese citizens, part of a delegation from the Japan Council Against A & H Bombs (known as Gensuikyo in their native tongue)……

The Vegas delegation was part of a larger contingent of 1,500 Japanese activists who came to the United States last week to pressure world leaders to finally abandon the bomb. Before 80 of them arrived at their Vegas stop, they rallied, demonstrated and paraded outside the United Nations building in Manhattan as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke inside as part of the officially sanctioned nonproliferation proceedings. The activists even tried to present U.N. treaty negotiators with boxes of 100,000 signatures from citizens across the world who were demanding an end to nuclear weapons, but officials only allowed two small boxes inside.

Back in Vegas, Japanese activists said President Barack Obama, despite recent promises, hasn’t done enough to rid the world of the nuclear threat……“I have a hope, and I believe, that we can create a world without nuclear weapons, without killing each other. We, as the people of all countries, have the power to demand this of our leaders. It is beginning to happen, this call for nonviolence is beginning to spread around the world. This people’s movement can change governments. We can achieve this,” said Humiko Mochisuki, spokeswoman for the group,

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May 15, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear weapons, peace, peaceful