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In 2020, we will be marking the 75^th year of the nuclear age and I want to share with you a message from our friends, the Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, who have steadfastly pressed for action toward a world without nuclear weapons.
Message from the Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
November 2019

This year, on August 6 and August 9, the world will mark 75 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As survivors of the bombing, the hibakusha, decrease in number, listening to them grows ever more crucial. As a human family, we must not forget the tragedy of those two cities. Instead, we must ensure that future generations know the devastation wrought by nuclear weapons and are inspired to act to eliminate the threat of nuclear weapons.

Now is the time for civil society and world leaders to renew our resolve to ensure the deep humanitarian conviction of the hibakusha that “No one else shall ever again suffer as we have.”

Unfortunately, today vital nuclear arms control agreements are being abandoned, budgets for development and production of new nuclear weapons are growing, and the potential for nuclear weapons use is too dangerous to tolerate. We are badly off course in efforts to honor the plea of the hibakusha and end the nuclear threat.

The Arms Control Association is a beacon shining a light to steer us back on course toward a world without nuclear weapons. We rely on specialized organizations such as the Arms Control Association to help ensure that the gravest dangers of nuclear weapons are more widely understood and to provide authoritative information, analysis, and innovative solutions.

In the years ahead, the Association’s efforts to engage, inform, and train new generations of leaders are vital to help address new nuclear dangers and mobilize support for bolder and rapid progress on nuclear disarmament.

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MATSUI Kazumi
Mayor of Hiroshima
President of Mayors for Peace TAUE Tomihisa
Mayor of Nagasaki
Vice President of Mayors for Peace

In these very challenging times, you have made our vital work possible. You have helped us to stand up for smart diplomacy, effective arms control solutions, and measures that reduce the risk of nuclear weapons use.

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As we remember the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and listen to the pleas of the survivors, now is the time to redouble our nuclear disarmament efforts to ensure that such devastation and suffering never happens again.

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Executive Director,
Arms Control Association

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