両陛下、国連事務次長と面会　核軍縮、安保環境を説明

　天皇、皇后両陛下は１１日、お住まいの赤坂御所に国連の中満泉軍縮担当上級代表（事務次長）を招き、核軍縮をめぐる国際安全保障環境の現状について話を聞かれた。
　中満氏は核軍縮に関し、世界の安全保障環境が悪化の一途をたどっていると説明。一方、直前に訪問した広島、長崎両県で、若い世代が被爆者の話をオンラインで世界中に広げようという取り組みをしていると紹介すると、天皇陛下は「素晴らしいことですね」と述べたという。
　中満氏は国連開発計画（ＵＮＤＰ）危機対応局長などを歴任し、２０１７年から現職。（2020/08/11-19:30）

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary-general and high representative for disarmament affairs, underscored Tuesday the importance of moving forward with nuclear disarmament efforts.
   At a news conference held in Tokyo by the Japan National Press Club, Nakamitsu said, "A lesson we've learned from the coronarivus pandemic is that havoc could actually be wreaked." "This is true for the nuclear issue."
   "Although it's difficult to imagine a nuclear war happening, we should strive to reduce the war risk," she stressed.
   To Japan, which is under the U.S. nuclear umbrella, Nakamitsu called for sending "a message that it shares the goal" of the U.N. nuclear weapons ban treaty "regardless of whether signing and ratifying (the treaty) or not."
   She noted that the United Nations is highly concerned that the risk of nuclear weapons being used has risen to the highest level since the end of Cold War, referring to some moves to modernize nuclear arms and the expiration last year of the intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty between the United States and Russia.