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Nuclear disarmament movement revving up

The nuclear disarmament movement has taken on new momentum, especially in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the only two cities to ever suffer a nuclear attack.

Ban, Okada confirm effort to eradicate nukes,The Japan Times Online, Aug. 4, 2010, By MASAMI ITOS U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon confirmed Tuesday with Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada that Japan and the world body will aim for the abolition of nuclear weapons……..The nuclear disarmament movement has taken on new momentum, especially in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the only two cities to ever suffer a nuclear attack.

On Tuesday, Okada briefed Ban on his intention to hold a gathering of foreign ministers to discuss nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation in September, when the U.N. General Assembly will meet…

Aussie TV message HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) A television commercial featuring atomic bomb survivors at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park appealing for the abolition of nuclear weapons will be broadcast in Australia on Friday, the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing.The 60-second commercial was produced by the Australia-based International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.It shows about 30 students calling on nuclear armed states to abolish the weapons before focusing on two atomic bomb survivors making their pleas in English for a nuclear-free world.

Ban, Okada confirm effort to eradicate nukes | The Japan Times Online

August 5, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, disarmament, nuclear, nuclear weapons