2015 NPT RevCon Peace Boat Brochure

Peace Boat is an international
and non-profit organization that
peace, human rights, equal
development and respect for the
non-governmental
works to promote
and sustainable
environment.
Peace Boat seeks to create awareness and action
based on effecting positive social and political
change in the world, through the organization of
global educational programs
and advocacy
activities carried out on a partnership basis with
other civil society organizations and communities
in Japan, Northeast Asia, and around the world.
Since 2008, Peace Boat has conducted the Global
Voyage for a Nuclear Free World - Peace Boat
Hibakusha Project. To date, more than 150
Hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) have traveled
around the globe to appeal for a nuclear-free
world. The 8th such voyage is now at sea, travelling
through Asia, Europe and Latin American for three
months to spread the message of the humanitarian
consequences of nuclear weapons and to appeal
for a nuclear-free world. A special video message
from this voyage will be shared at various side
events throughout the NPT.
Peace Boat carries out its activities for the abolition
of nuclear weapons in cooperation with civil society
in Japan and internationally, and is an active
member of the International Campaign to Abolish
Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), Abolition 2000, partner
of Mayors for Peace, and more.
Peace Boat at the 2015
NPT Review Conference
For more information:
Web: bit.ly/PB2015NPT
Email: [email protected]
Tel:
212-687-7214
April 27 – May 22, 2015
Peace Boat
Monday, April 27
ICAN Press Briefing
10 – 10:30 am, Conference Room C, UN Headquarters
Setsuko Thurlow, Kawasaki Akira (Peace Boat/ICAN), Tim Wright
Contact: [email protected] / (646) 714-8131 / www.icanw.org
Voices from Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the Delegates of the NPT:
Opening Reception for Photographic Exhibit
6 – 8 pm, United Nations Visitors Lobby
Organised by Peace Boat US, Nihon Hidankyo, Hibakusha Stories
Co-sponsors: UNODA & Permanent Mission of Japan to the UN
Thursday, April 30
Side Event: Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Contributes
towards Global Nuclear Zero: Pursuing a shift of security policy on
nuclear weapons
3 – 6 pm, Conference Room C, UN Headquarters
Co-host: Korean, Mongolian, Japanese and international NGOs:
Peace Boat, Peace Depot, Peace Network, People’s Solidarity for Participatory
Democracy, Blue Banner, International Peace Bureau, Nautilus Institute,
Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, Religions for
Peace, World Council of Churches
Speakers: Mayor Taue Tomihisa of Nagasaki, Mayor Matsui Kazumi of
Hiroshima, Kawasaki Akira, more
Nagasaki in New York: The past and current reality of nuclear war
7:30 – 9:30 pm, Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street, New York
Testimony from atomic bomb survivors
Speakers: Dr. Masao Tomonaga, Mayor Taue Tomihisa of Nagasaki, and
Nagasaki Youth
Performance: Himawari All Hibakusha Choir
Schedule of Events
Friday, May 1
Civil Society Presentations to the NPT Review Conference
3 – 6 pm, UN Headquarters
Saturday, May 2
CONCERT: WITH LOVE to Hiroshima and Nagasaki:
A concert for Disarmament
8 – 10 pm, New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street, NY
An evening of music and spoken word; Tickets $20
Details and flyer: bit.ly/concertfordisarmament
May 5 - 7
Side event with Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center (CNIC)
regarding Japan’s plutonium – details to be announced shortly.
Thursday, May 7
Side Event: Raising the Voices of the Hibakusha:
The Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear War
1:15 - 2:30 pm, Conference Room C, UN Headquarters
Featuring Peace Boat, Setsuko Thurlow, Clifton Daniel, Kathleen Sullivan
and more
Organized by Peace Boat and Hibakusha Stories
Peace Boat is collaborating closely with Hibakusha
Stories for a series of events with atomic bomb
survivors at schools and other locations throughout the
New York area during the duration of the NPT RevCon.
For detailed information on these events please see the
Hibakusha Stories homepage:
www.hibakushastories.org