日本と韓国の議論の広場

There had a common denominatorUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Akiba Mayor of the city of Hirishima,tha is all countries for sharp reductions in nuclear and other military expenditures.


Now the time is ripe for the Japanese government to take decisive action. It should begin to “take the lead in the pursuit of the elimination of nuclear weapons” by legislating into law the three non-nuclear principles, abandoning the U.S. nuclear umbrella, legally recognizing the expanded “black rain areas,” and implementing compassionate, caring assistance measures for all the aging hibakusha anywhere in the world.

今こそ、日本国政府の出番です。「核兵器廃絶に向けて先頭に立」つために、まずは、非核三原則の法制化と「核の傘」からの離脱、そして「黒い雨降雨地域」の拡大、並びに高齢化した世界全ての被爆者に肌理（きめ）細かく優しい援護策を実現すべきです。

In addition, the Prime Minister’s wholehearted commitment and action to make the dreams of the hibakusha come true would lead us all by 2020 to a new world of “zero nuclear weapons,” an achievement that would rival in human history the “discovery of zero” itself. He could, for example, confront the leaders of the nuclear-weapon states with the urgent need for abolition, lead them to the table to sign a nuclear weapons convention, and call on all countries for sharp reductions in nuclear and other military expenditures. His options are infinite.

また、内閣総理大臣が、被爆者の願いを真摯（しんし）に受け止め自ら行動してこそ、「核兵器ゼロ」の世界を創（つく）り出し、「ゼロ（０）の発見」に匹敵する人類の新たな一頁（ページ）を２０２０年に開くことが可能になります。核保有国の首脳に核兵器廃絶の緊急性を訴え核兵器禁止条約締結の音頭を取る、全ての国に核兵器等軍事関連予算の削減を求める等、選択肢は無限です。

We citizens and cities will act as well. In accordance with the Hiroshima Appeal adopted during last week’s Hiroshima Conference for the Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons by 2020, we will work closely with like-minded nations, NGOs, and the UN itself to generate an ever-larger tidal wave of demand for a world free of nuclear weapons by 2020.

私たち市民や都市も行動します。志を同じくする国々、ＮＧＯ、国連等と協力し、先月末に開催した「２０２０核廃絶広島会議」で採択した「ヒロシマアピール」に沿って、２０２０年までの核兵器廃絶のため更に大きなうねりを創ります。

Finally, on this, the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing, as we offer to the souls of the A-bomb victims our heartfelt condolences, we hereby declare that we cannot force the most patiently enduring people in the world, the hibakusha, to be patient any longer. Now is the time to devote ourselves unreservedly to the most crucial duty facing the human family, to give the hibakusha, within their lifetimes, the nuclear-weapon-free world that will make them blissfully exclaim, “I’m so happy I lived to see this day.”

最後に、被爆６５周年の本日、原爆犠牲者の御霊に心から哀悼の誠を捧（ささ）げつつ、世界で最も我慢強き人々、すなわち被爆者に、これ以上の忍耐を強いてはならないこと、そして、全ての被爆者が「生きていて良かった」と心から喜べる、核兵器のない世界を一日も早く実現することこそ、私たち人類に課せられ、死力を尽くして遂行しなくてはならない責務であることをここに宣言します。