Peace Boat statement on disarmament

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Talking about disarmament is all well and good…

But first disarm yourselves!

1.The G8 Summit statement issued on 8 July on “political issues” addressed the issue of nuclear disarmament – an outcome that has not been seen in any recent G8 Summits, and which we praise. Particularly important are the clear commitments to “strengthening… multilateral non-proliferation and disarmament instruments” and working to “achieve a successful outcome of the 2010 NPT Review Conference,” and we call for sincere action towards these outcomes.

2.While this statement “welcomes” efforts of the G8 nuclear-weapon States in their reductions, at the same time it also calls for all nuclear-weapon States to make “transparent reductions”. This is almost as if the G8 countries are fulfilling their responsibilities, yet the non-G8 countries are not transparent – a statement with serious political connotations and lacking balance.

Peace Boat & Greenpeace Japan Joint Statement

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Toyako, July 8, 2008

Countries with nuclear industries are promoting nuclear exports in the name of a response to global warming. They are providing support for and putting in place systems to facilitate nuclear exports. In these countries construction of new nuclear power plants is in decline, due to such factors as public opposition and cost. Despite these circumstances, several G8 countries, including Japan, are promoting nuclear power. Stated another way, the reason why these countries want to export nuclear plants is because it is difficult for them to build new plants in their own countries.

On July 8, heads of the G8 governments released a Summit Document entitled “Environment and Climate Change”. The document says, “We witness that a growing number of countries have expressed their interests in nuclear power programs as a means to addressing climate change and energy security concerns. These countries regard nuclear power as an essential instrument in reducing dependence on fossil fuels and hence greenhouse gas emissions.” The document continues, “safeguards (nuclear nonproliferation), nuclear safety and nuclear security (3S) are fundamental principles for the peaceful use of nuclear energy” and states that “an international initiative proposed by Japan on 3S-based nuclear energy infrastructure will be launched.”
However, after over fifty years of using nuclear power (euphemistically referred to as “peaceful use” or “civilian use”), the governments and nuclear industries of those countries with nuclear power plants have so far failed to fulfill these 3S principles.

世界中の紛争問題をディナーを食べながら２時間で論議 Leaders meet to discuss conflicts around the world over a 2 hour dinner

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世界中の紛争問題をディナーを食べながら２時間で論議
Leaders meet to discuss conflicts around the world over a 2 hour dinner
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３日間にわたるＧ８会合のうち、初日はアフリカ諸国との拡大会合、２日目はＧ８そのもの、そして最終日の本日は主要CO2排出国を含めた拡大会合、というスケジュールですすんできました。
Ｇ８そのものの議論は昨日の１日だけで、午前が世界経済、昼食が気候変動、午後が開発・アフリカ、夕食が政治問題、という流れで議論がすすみました。
軍縮、不拡散、紛争予防、平和構築、地域情勢など、私たちが平和の関心から注目していた問題は、すべて、昨晩の夕食時の議題となったのです。

Over the 3 days of the G8 Summit, the schedule featured a large meeting with African nations on Day 1, the actual meeting of the G8 leaders on Day 2, and the expanded meeting with the major CO2 emitting countries today.
With only one day for the meetings of the actual Group of 8, discussions took place in the morning ont he global economy, climate change over lunch, development and Africa in the afternoon, and political issues over dinner.

Issues we are particularly focusing on from the perspective of peace activists – disarmament, non-proliferation, conflict prevention, peacebuilding and various regional situations – all took place over this working dinner last night.

ＮＧＯ会見室で政府の記者会見をモニターごしに見る Monitoring the government’s press conference in the NGO briefing room

誰だって平和に生きたい – We All Want to Live in Peace

誰だって平和に生きたい
We All Want to Live in Peace
 
とき：７月８日（火）１０：００～１３：００
場所：札幌コンベンションセンター
主催：G8NGOフォーラム人権・平和ユニット
8 July (Tues), 10am-1pm
Sapporo Convention Centre
Organised by the G8 NGO Forum Peace and Human Rights Unit

司会
上村英明（市民外交センター）
吉田美佐子（平和省プロジェクト）
Facilitators:
Uemura Hideaki (Citizens’ Centre for Diplomacy)
Yoshida Misako (Japan United for Ministries of Peace, JUMP)
 
シンポジウム Symposium

パネリスト
川崎哲（ピースボート）
高橋清貴（JVC)
鈴木ふみ（スペースアライズ）
森田明彦（人身売買禁止ネットワーク）
伊藤和子（弁護士、ヒューマンライツナウ）
大河内秀人（パレスチナ子どものキャンペーン）

Panellists:
Kawasaki Akira (Peace Boat)
Takahashi Kiyotaka (Japan International Volunteer Centre, JVC)
Suzuki Fumi (Space Allies)
Morita Akihiko (Network Against Trafficking in Persons)
Ito Kazuko (Lawyer, Human Rights Now)
Okouchi Hidehito (Campaign for the Children of Palestine) 

人権・平和の視点からG8サミットの議題やG8開催のあり方を問うのが。この企画の
趣旨である。各発言者報告の概要は以下の通り。
This session focused on the issues on the G8 agenda, as well as questioning the way the Summit is actually being held, from the perspective of peace and human rights. Presentations from the panellists were as follows.

G8に９条を！ Article 9 to the G8!

G8に９条を！
とき：７月７日（月）１９：００～２１：００
場所：エルプラザ２Ｆ環境研修室
主催：グローバル９条キャンペーン/ピースボート
発言者：川崎哲（ピースボート）
　　　　　筑紫建彦（アジア人権基金）
　　　　　長澤正隆（日本カトリック正義と平和協議会）
　　　　　Rashed Al Titumir(Action Aid/バングラディシュ）

A World WIthout War – the Role of the G8 and Japan’s Peace Constitution
7 July (Mon), 7-9pm
L Plaza Sapporo, 2F Environment Study Room
Organised by the Global Article 9 Campaign and Peace Boat
Speakers: Kawasaki Akira (Peace Boat)
　　　　　   Tsukushi Takehiko (Foundation for Human Rights in Asia)
　　　　　   Nagasawa Masataka (Japan Catholic Council for Justice and Peace)
　　　　　   Rashed Al Titumir (Action Aid / Bangladesh)

市民サミットのメイン会場（コンベンションセンター）から離れた会場での開催となった
ため人が集まるのか不安であったが、ほぼ満席となりホットした。
まず最初に、５月に千葉県幕張メッセで行った９条世界会議の様子を１５分間ほど
上映し、その後各発言者が報告を行った。
As this event was being held away from the main venue of the Peoples Summit (the Convention Centre), we were worried about whether there would be many participants, but we were relieved to see almost all seats in the room full!
The first part of this session was a presentation of a DVD showing the Global Article 9 Conference to Abolish War, which was held in Japan this May, followed by presentations from each of the speakers.

US-India Nuclear Agreement – Still a Bad Deal: Global Network of NGOs Urge International Community to Oppose

（日本語はこの下の記事をご覧ください）

Media Release
July 7, 2008

US-India Nuclear Agreement – Still a Bad Deal:
Global Network of NGOs Urge International Community to Oppose

The US-India Deal Working Group of Abolition 2000, a global network of over 2000 organizations in more than 90 countries working for a global treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons, says that pressure to rush a decision on the US-India Nuclear Agreement must be resisted.

The organizations are calling upon key governments “to play an active role in supporting measures that would ensure this controversial proposal does not: further undermine the nuclear safeguards system and efforts to prevent the proliferation of technologies that may be used to produce nuclear bomb material,” or “in any way contribute to the expansion of India’s nuclear arsenal.”

米印原子力協定の危険性: 国際ＮＧＯネットワークが国際社会に対して警告

(See following post for English version)

記者発表
2008年7月7日

米印原子力協定の危険性
国際ＮＧＯネットワークが国際社会に対して警告

核兵器禁止条約を求める世界９０カ国２０００団体以上からなるＮＧＯネットワーク「アボリション２０００」の米印協定作業グループは、米印原子力協定に関する性急な決定は避けなければならないと表明している。

これらＮＧＯは、主要国政府に対して、「賛否の分かれるこの提案が核の保障措置制度をこれ以上害することがないようにするための措置をとり、また、核兵器の原料を作りうる技術の拡散を止めるための努力を積極的に行う」よう求め、さもなくば「インドの核軍備の増強を助長してしまうことになる」と警告した。

7 July ピースボート 記者会見 Peace Boat Press Conference

先ほど、IMCのNGO記者会見室でピースボートとして記者会見を行いました。下のようなポイントについて発言しましたが、その後、記者からは東北の市民社会ネットワークや市民版六者協議についての関心や世界的な核不拡散・核軍縮の動向に関する質問が寄せられました。
We have just held a press conference as Peace Boat the IMC’s NGO Press Briefing Room. We spoke on the points as outlined in the following paragraphs. Various topics raised by the press included questions on Northeast Asian civil society networks, the civil Six-Party Talks, and recent international moves relating to nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament.

２００８年７月７日（月）, 午前１１：３０～、ＮＧＯ記者会見室にて
7 July 2008 (Mon), 11:30 am, IMC NGO Press Briefing Room

発言 / Speaker
川崎哲 / Kawasaki Akira

ピースボート共同代表 / Peace Boat Executive Committee
２００８年Ｇ８サミットＮＧＯフォーラム人権・平和ユニット・リーダー
Leader, Peace and Human Rights Unit, 2008 G8 Summit NGO Forum

テーマ / Issues

平和の観点からサミットに求めるもの Calling on the G8 to Address Peace

●軍縮・不拡散 Disarmament and non-proliferation

●紛争予防・平和構築 Conflict prevention & peacebuilding

連絡先 / Contacts

川崎哲/Kawasaki Akira, 090-8310-5370, kawasaki[a]peaceboat.gr.jp
メリ・ジョイス/Meri Joyce, 080-3457-9714, meri[a]peaceboat.gr.jp

米印協定：G8の前にIAEAに行くことを決めるか

アボリション２０００作業グループ発

サミットを前に加速する米印原子力協定の動き

Ｇ８サミットは、核不拡散体制を危険に陥れる米印原子力協定の展開を加速する可能性があります。

インドのシン首相は、洞爺湖サミットのために来日した機会にアメリカのブッシュ大統領と会談し、この席上で、米印原子力協定の進展について議論したいと考えています。シン首相は、国際原子力機関（ＩＡＥＡ）との保障措置協定（インドの核施設の一部しか対象にしないもの）を進展させようとしています。

Abolition 2000 US-India Working Group Alerts

The G8 Summit has become an accelerator for an issue that has being simmering for over three years and which threatens to undermine the international nuclear non-proliferation regime.

Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, wants to be able to report progress on the US-India nuclear agreement when he meets President Bush during this year’s Summit in Japan. He wants to report that India will soon take the next step on an IAEA safeguards agreement (covering a limited number of India’s nuclear facilities), even though this risks bringing down his own government in the process.