Peace Wave News No. 4 September 26, 2017 Peace Waves Circle around the Globe, Urging Nuclear Powers and Their Allies to Sign the Ban Treaty for a Nuclear-Free World
Following the Peace Wave launching actions in Hiroshima, Nagasaki and elsewhere in Japan on September 20, many actions have been carried out around the world to urge world’s governments to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which was made open for signature at the United Nations on that day. So far 53 countries have signed the treaty and 3 of them have already ratified it. The treaty will go into force 90 days after the ratification by the 50th country.
Signing Ceremony for the Treaty on September 20, 2017, at the United Nations
Many creative forms of actions are taking place as part of the Peace Wave, including forums, signature collections, hanging peace cranes with messages at doorsteps, A-bomb photo exhibitions, handing in the petitions to Prime Minister’s office, “Citizens Signing Ceremonies” etc. In this issue we are presenting to you some of the early reports on the actions concluded, and full list of activities planned for the Peace Wave until September 26.