2024 World Conference Against A and H Bombs

I. Theme and schedule
Main Theme:
With the Hibakusha, Let Us Achieve a Nuclear Weapon-free, Peaceful and Just World – for the Future of the Humankind and Our Planet

Conference Schedule:
August 3 (Sat)
Opening Session, Session I, II and III, International Meeting 
August 4 (Sun)
Closing Session, International Meeting
Opening Plenary,  2024 World Conference – Hiroshima
August 5 (Mon)
Workshops/ Forums/ Field trips
August 6 (Tue)
Closing Plenary/ Hiroshima Day Rally
August 8 (Thu)
(TBD)
August 9 (Fri)   
Nagasaki Day Rally, 2024 World Conference – Nagasaki

II.  International Meeting, 2024 World Conference against A and H Bombs
Time:   10:00-19:00, August 3 (Sat): Opening Session, Session I, II and III
10:00-11:00, August 4 (Sun): Closing Session
Venue:  Hiroshima JA Building
Session Themes:
Session I: Making Hibakusha’s voices heard all over the world:
–       Messages of Hibakusha of Hiroshima/Nagasaki (including Korean Hibakusha)
–       Voices of nuclear test victims, researchers and scientists
Session II: Achieving a nuclear weapon-free, peaceful and just world
–       Promoting the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
–       Rejecting the use and threat of nuclear weapons; Implementation of the NPT Article VI; Spreading nuclear-weapon-free zones
–       Denouncing nuclear deterrence theory
Session III: Solidarity and joint efforts/movements of civil society
–       Joint actions for promoting the TPNW and creating a nuclear-weapon-free world
–       Solidarity with movements on various agenda (anti-war and for peace; renewable energy and environment; sustainable society; poverty and social gaps; human rights; gender equality, etc)

III. Plenary Meetings/ Workshops (Details to be announced)
Opening Plenary, 2024 World Conference against A and H Bombs – Hiroshima
Date/Time: 14:00-16:30 (JST), August 4 (Sun)
Venue:  Green Arena, Hiroshima Sports Center
Format: In-person rally (Online livestreaming by Zoom)