Towards a Sustainable Future without Nuclear Weapons

Nuclear weapons can take away countless precious lives and happiness in an instant, pose a long-term threat to individuals’ peace and security, and cause social problems in various sectors, including society, the economy, and the environment, making our society unsustainable.

Furthermore, nuclear weapons, at all stages from their production to their disposal, inflict serious damage on society, the economy, the environment, and all other sectors. Therefore, their mere existence has a negative impact on our daily social lives and poses a clear threat to the sustainable future of the Earth and humanity.

The issue of nuclear weapons has been discussed so far from two perspectives: military and security, and inhumanity. We, the Hiroshima Prefectural Government and the Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace (HOPe), have added the third perspective of sustainability and aim to share the recognition of this new perspective with the international community so that the issue of nuclear weapons will become a global issue as high-profile as climate change and pandemics, and will be addressed in various sectors around the world. Anticipating the issue of nuclear weapons being placed on the UN agenda, we are working to reach out to the UN from civil society through GASPPA and to organize a "Group of Friends" that includes government officials.

Briefing session in Geneva