核戦争回避へ緊急行動呼び掛け　国際賢人会議が提言

　「核兵器のない世界」への道筋を国内外の有識者が議論する国際賢人会議の最終会合は３１日、東京都内で２日間の日程を終え、閉幕した。２０２６年の核拡散防止条約（ＮＰＴ）再検討会議に向け、長崎を最後の被爆地とする責任があるとして、核戦争回避への緊急行動を呼び掛ける提言をまとめた。
　座長を務めた白石隆・熊本県立大特別栄誉教授は閉幕後の記者会見で「核兵器の使用は破壊的な結果をもたらしかねない」と語った。
　提言は核兵器を巡る危機が過去数十年で最も高まっており、通常戦争の拡大が核使用に発展するリスクが深刻化していると指摘。基本原則として(1)領土の現状変更を行わない(2)国際法を常に順守する(3)核兵器国には特別な責任がある(4)多国間主義を支持する(5)核への依存を減少させる―の五つを明記した。核実験禁止の堅持や、核兵器の材料となる物質の生産一時停止などの具体策も盛り込んだ。（2025/03/31-19:12）

Experts from Japan and overseas Monday released a proposal for urgent action to prevent nuclear war, ahead of next year's review conference for the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
   The International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons (IGEP), which discussed ways to realize a world free of nuclear weapons at its latest two-day meeting in Tokyo from Sunday, said that the world has a responsibility to make the southwestern city of Nagasaki the last place to suffer nuclear bombing.
   "The use of nuclear weapons could have destructive consequences," group chair Takashi Shiraishi, honorable emeritus professor at Prefectural University of Kumamoto, told a press conference after the meeting.
   The proposal warned that dangers linked to nuclear weapons are at their highest in several decades and that the risk of conventional warfare leading to the use of nuclear weapons is becoming serious.
   It clearly set out five principles for avoiding nuclear war--not making changes to the status quo of countries' territories, always abiding by international law, recognizing the special responsibly held by nuclear powers, supporting multilateralism and reducing nuclear dependence.