NGO representatives from Japan, Korea and Mongolia are attending the Third Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), taking place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York the week of March 3-8, 2025. This meeting brings together governments and civil society from all around the world to continue to build on the treaty’s vision of the total elimination of nuclear weapons as the world marks the 80th anniversary since the start of the nuclear threat.
GPPAC Northeast Asia members, including Regional Secretariat Peace Boat, are involved in a series of events and advocacy activities, with focuses including amplifying the voices of people and communities in the region impacted by nuclear weapons, sharing Mongolia’s unique experience as a single-state nuclear weapon free zone, and linking activities of local campaigners, parliamentarians and experts to global movements.
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Side Event: Action to Overcome the Nuclear Crisis on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia
Korean, Japanese and Mongolian civil society organisations collaborated to hold a joint Side Event focusing on the situation on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia, with details as below.
As we approach 80 years since the end of World War II and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Northeast Asia is characterised by political crises, escalating tensions and growing dangers. This side event provided space for civil society experts from Japan, Korea and Mongolia to together consider the peace and security situation in Northeast Asia today, and particularly to highlight opportunities for easing of tensions and progress in disarmament provided by the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. It also featured the voices of Korean and Japanese Hibakusha in relation to victim assistance.
Co-sponsored by Peace Boat, Blue Banner, Solidarity for Peace and Reunification of Korea (SPARK), People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD)
Tuesday, 4 March·3:00 – 4:15pm
Conf Rm A – United Nations Headquarters, 405 E 45th St, New York, NY 10017, USA
Speakers (click on name to read presentation text):
– Shim Jintae, Head of the Hapcheon Branch of the Korean Atomic Bomb Victims Association
– Han Jung-soon, President of the Second-Generation Patient Group of the Korean Atomic Bomb Victims Association
– Hamasumi Jiro, Assistant Secretary General of Nihon Hidankyo, 2024 Nobel Peace Prize laureate organisation, and prenatally-exposed survivor of Hiroshima
– Yoshioka Tatsuya, Founder and Director, Peace Boat
– Ko Youngdae, Co-Representative, Solidarity for Peace and Reunification of Korea (SPARK)
– Enkhsaikhan Jargalsaikhan, Chair, Blue Banner
– Lee Youngah, Manager of the Center for Peace and Disarmament, People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD)
– Tembata Daisuke, Member of the Parliament of Japan, Reiwa Shinsengumi