Pax Christi Victoria has convened a coalition of peace Groups including ICAN, the Medical Association for the Prevention of War , the Society of Friends and several others to initiate a campaign. ICAN’s Nobel Prize will be exhibited on the evening.
In 2017, The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) – was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for their “ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of nuclear weapons.”
THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATOMIC BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA
The US dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in the final days of World War II.
The city marked the anniversary of the August 6, 1945 attack that killed 140,000 people. A minute of silence was held to remember the dead and a call to eliminate nuclear weapons. Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui urged that the “absolute evil” of atomic weaponry be banished.
A NOBEL PRIZE FOR A NOBLE CAUSE
Speakers:
Dr Tilman Ruff, Co-founder ICAN
Prof. Richard Tanter, Political and Social Studies, University of Melbourne
Sue Coleman-Haseldine, Nuclear test survivor
SPONSORED BY
ICAN
Medical Association for the Prevention of War
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
Pax Christi Victoria
Psychologists for Peace
Melbourne Unitarian Peace Memorial Church
Soka Gakkai Intenational of Australia
Communication Workers’ Union Victoria
Psychologists for Promotion of Peace
Melbourne Catholic Office for Justice and Peace
Event Details:
Program: Anniversary of Hiroshima Bombing
Date: Monday 6 August 2018
Arrive: 7.00pm Light refreshments
Start: 7.30pm start
Location: Lecture Theatre, Cardinal Knox Centre, 383 Albert St, East Melbourne
Bookings: https://www.trybooking.com/WOJT
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