共通の問題意識、世界に訴え　新型コロナ例に―長崎平和宣言骨子

　長崎市の田上富久市長は３０日記者会見し、８月９日の原爆の日に開かれる平和祈念式典で読み上げる「長崎平和宣言」の骨子を発表した。核軍縮に逆行する国際情勢への危機感を表明するとともに、被爆７５年の節目に核廃絶の原点を思い出すよう訴える。また、新型コロナウイルスを例に挙げ、核についても共通の問題として当事者意識を持つよう世界に呼び掛ける。
　平和宣言では、被爆者で作曲家の木野普見雄さんの手記を引用し、原爆の惨状や被爆者の思いを伝える。長年被爆体験を伝え続けた被爆者への敬意と感謝を表明するため、今回初めて１０秒前後の拍手の時間を設ける。
　田上市長は「今年の平和祈念式典は例年と比べて参列者を大幅に縮小した形で行うことになる。会場に参列できない方々に思いをはせながら、被爆７５年の節目にふさわしく被爆地の強い思いを発信し、核廃絶と恒久平和の実現という被爆地の願いを世界に伝えたい」と話した。（2020/07/30-13:09）

This year's Nagasaki Peace Declaration will call on global citizens to take the issue of nuclear weapons elimination as their own problem, Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue said Thursday.
   The declaration will be read out by the mayor at an annual peace memorial ceremony to be held on Aug. 9, which marks the 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki.
   It will also express a sense of crisis about the current international situation tilting against nuclear disarmament, according to its outline disclosed by Taue at a press conference.
   People around the world will be urged to return to the basic thought about eliminating nuclear weapons, Taue said, adding that they will also be asked to think about it as a common challenge, just as they do in the ongoing fight against the novel coronavirus. The declaration will convey the misery of the atomic bombing and thoughts of hibakusha, or atomic bomb survivors, by citing a note by composer and hibakusha Fumio Kino.
   For the first time in the annual ceremony, some 10 seconds will be allotted for participants to applaud hibakusha in a show of respect and gratitude to them for having told their stories over decades.