London, UK. 6th August 2018. Rebecca Johnson founder of the Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy and founding co-chair of ICAN, 2017 Nobel Peace Prize laureate holds up a copy of the UN Treaty On The Prohibition Of Nuclear Weapons as she speaks at the London CND ceremony in memory of the victims, past and present on the 73nd anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, also remembering those killed and living with the effects of radiation by the second atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki three days later. The speeches included a reading in English of the statement made earli
London, UK. 6th August 2018. Rebecca Johnson founder of the Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy and founding co-chair of ICAN, 2017 Nobel Peace Prize laureate holds up a copy of the UN Treaty On The Prohibition Of Nuclear Weapons as she speaks at the London CND ceremony in memory of the victims, past and present on the 73nd anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, also remembering those killed and living with the effects of radiation by the second atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki three days later. The speeches included a reading in English of the statement made earlier in the day at the commemoration in Hiroshima, and an appeal by Rebecca Johnson, on of the founders of ICAN, awarded the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize for their work in producing the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, already signed by over 40 countries to put pressure on MPs and the UK government to sign up. After a number of speeches and performances by Raised Voices peace choir and dancers flowers were laid around the commemorative cherry tree.
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