核禁止条約批准を　広島平和宣言骨子

　広島市の松井一実市長は３１日の記者会見で、８月６日の原爆の日に平和記念式典で読み上げる平和宣言の骨子を発表した。核兵器禁止条約に賛同していない日本政府に対し、「署名・批准を求める被爆者の思いを誠実に受け止め、締約国になる」よう求める。
　宣言ではこのほか、自国第一主義の台頭や新型コロナウイルス感染拡大など人類の新たな脅威に、市民社会が連帯して立ち向かうことを呼び掛ける。また、原爆投下に伴う「黒い雨」降雨地域の拡大に向けた政治判断を改めて強く求める。（2020/07/31-14:51）

This year's Hiroshima Peace Declaration will urge the Japanese government to respond to a request from hibakusha atomic bomb survivors to sign and ratify the 2017 U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui said Friday.
   The declaration is set to be read out by the mayor at an annual peace memorial ceremony to be held on Thursday, the 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.
   It will then call on civil societies to work together to tackle new threats to mankind, such as the rise of self-centered nationalism and the spread of the new coronavirus.
   The declaration will also urge the government to make a political decision to take a step toward expanding the extent of area recognized as exposed to so-called radioactive black rain that fell in the immediate aftermath of the atomic bombing.
   "The number of countries ratifying (the treaty) has been increasing and a mediator will play an important role to put (the treaty) into force," Matsui told a press conference.