Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty

The Hibakusha (atom bomb survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki) have issued a unified appeal that says, in part: “So that the people from future generations will not have to experience hell on earth, we want to realize a world free of nuclear weapons while we are still alive.”  The Rotarian Action Group for Peace (RAGFP) endorse the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons -  please join them and sign the appeal today.
 
A special ringing was held at the Canberra Rotary Peace Bell to remember the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima Japan on 6 August 1945. A short statement was read by His Excellency Ambassador Mr Reiichiro Takahashi — Japanese Ambassador to Australia. See the Rotary Club of  Canberra Burley Griffin video HERE.
 

The Rotarian Action Group for Peace Nuke Free Planet

The Hibakusha supported the signing of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations in July 2017. The Rotarian Action Group for Peace (RAGFP) endorsed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in 2018, shortly after the UN General Assembly approved it 122 to 1.  Watch the story here.

The RAGFP Subcommittee on Nuclear Weapons Education was created to provide factual information to Rotarians about the imminent human and planetary emergency with the presence of 14,000 nuclear weapons in the world.  RAGFP members are serving as Civil Society Observers for the UN Nuclear Nonproliferation Meetings, tabling at events around the world, and speaking to Rotary Clubs about what they can do to prevent the purposeful, malicious, or accidental launching of nuclear weapons. 

All the evidence points to the abolition of nuclear weapons worldwide as the only reliable way to prevent a catastrophic threat to the planet, including nuclear winter, famine, widespread death and injury, the continuing impact for up to a million years of highly radioactive materials. 

We are People of Action: Educate, Eliminate

The Subcommittee’s public presence is RAGFPnukefreeplanet.

  1. We are on Facebook and Twitter @RAGFPnukefreeplanet. 
  2. For information, email RAGFPnukefreeplanet@gmail.com

The Subcommittee Chair is Dr. Ann Frisch, Rotary Club of White Bear Lake, MN US, RD 5960 Peace Team Lead.

Rotarians support the Hibakusha Appeal to end nuclear weapons and the entering into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Join your voice with those of the Hibakusha and millions of others to say “Never Again.” Sign the appeal now.

Learn more about nuclear weapons and what you can do to stop them - see International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons: ICAN https://icanw.org.au/