ＮＰＴ再検討会議へ提言案協議　「核なき世界」賢人会議が開幕

　「核兵器なき世界」の実現に向けて国内外の有識者が議論する国際賢人会議（座長＝白石隆・熊本県立大特別栄誉教授）の第６回会合が３０日、東京都内で開かれた。２０２６年の核拡散防止条約（ＮＰＴ）再検討会議に向けて、政府や国際社会に対する提言をまとめる方針だ。
　冒頭、岩屋毅外相は核兵器禁止条約第３回締約国会議へのオブザーバー参加を見送ったことについて「唯一の戦争被爆国としての歴史的使命と国民の生命と財産、わが国の独立と平和を守り抜く責任を考え抜いた上での非常に難しい決断だった」と説明。「核兵器のない世界の実現という理想に向け、一歩一歩前進していく姿勢は全く揺らぐことはない」と強調した。
　会合は３１日まで行われ、米ロ中などの核保有国と非保有国から有識者らがオンラインを含めて参加。同日午後に記者会見を開き、成果を発表する予定だ。（2025/03/30-10:07）

Experts from Japan and abroad kicked off two-day talks in Tokyo on Sunday for compiling proposals to realize a world without nuclear weapons in the run-up to next year's review conference for the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
   The sixth meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons (IGEP) is chaired by Japan's Takashi Shiraishi, special professor of emeritus at Prefectural University of Kumamoto.
   The participating experts will make their proposals to the Japanese government and the international community.
   Japan chose not to participate in the third meeting of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons held in New York in early March as an observer.
   On this, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said at the outset of the IGEP meeting, "We made a very difficult decision after thoroughly considering our historic mission as the only country attacked with nuclear weapons and the responsibility of protecting the lives and properties of the people as well as our country's independence and peace."