Tuesday, September 1, 2009

UN Disarmament conference marks 64th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima



6 August 2009

The Conference on Disarmament today marked the sixty-fourth anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

The President of the Conference, Ambassador Caroline Millar of Australia,drew attention to the fact that today was the sixty-fourth anniversary of thedropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. This was a sober reminder toall of the destruction and devastation of nuclear weapons and of thecompelling importance of the Conference resuming its work on nuclear disarmament.

Japan said that this day, together with the 9 of August for Nagasaki, was aday to remember the tragedies so that they could renew theirdetermination to work towards a world free of nuclear weapons. Japan alsonoted that this year there had been a number of encouraging statementsand initiatives towards this goal.


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