Disarmament Week Honours Testimony and Activism of Japanese A-Bomb Survivors
A Hibakusha, one of the survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, speaks at a special event co-organized by the Government of Japan, the Department of Public Information (DPI), and the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), commemorating Disarmament Week (annually 24-30 October). The winners of a “Poetry for Peace” contest, in which Hibakusha testimonies were used as inspiration, were announced during the event.