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Peace and Security Cluster, 7 Sept. 2004 Asia-Europe People's Forum.
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION: IMPLICATIONS ON ASIA AND EUROPE
Background
WMD is a product of human beings. And to date, a sufficient amount of WMD that can entirely destroy the life of the whole mankind has been created. Therefore, complete elimination of WMD is a pressing and legitimate demand. However, what is happening in reality is far from our expectations. Some states, which are nuclear super-powers, not only permit themselves to store WMD, but also improve and use them on a tactical scale. Some other states have been trying to seek for nuclear weapons. The process of proliferation is going on selective basis under the pretext of preventing WMD. Aggressive wars are waged against other countries. On the other hand, victims of WMD concentrating in Asia and Europe, i.e. the victims of atomic bombing, depleted uranium, Agent Orange/Dioxin, who are living witnesses of WMD disasters, are being forgotten, and those perpetrators of the crimes are seeking ways to deny their responsibilities.
The question is in what way people in Asia and Europe can work together to protect the rights of the victims of WMD, to promote the struggle for elimination of WMD on a fair and comprehensive basis.
Suggested topics
- Actual effects of WMD in Asia and Europe (atomic bombing, depleted uranium, Agent Orange/Dioxin).
- Present status of nuclear arms race and implementation of Non-proliferation Treaty (double standards).
- People's actions towards comprehensive and total elimination of WMD.
Presenters
Henk van der Keur(LAKA, The Netherlands)
Alfredo Embid (AMC, Spain)
Nobuo Kazashi (NO DU Hiroshima Project, Japan)
Nguyen Trong Nhan (Vietnamese Association of the victims of AO/Dioxin,Vietnam)
Tadahiko Murata (Hibakusha, Japan)
Moderator
Tuur Elzinga (XminY, the Netherlands)
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