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Joint Statement of Religious Leaders, Parliamentarians and Mayors on the 70Th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings Joint statement of religious leaders, parliamentarians and mayors on the 70th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings Endorsers as at February 22, 2016 Parliamentarians (and former parliamentarians): Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh MP (United Kingdom) David Cunliffe MP (New Zealand) Deputy Shadow Leader in the UK House of Commons Disarmament Spokesperson for the Labour Party Ichiro Aisawa MP (Japan) Senator Salwa Damen-Masri (Jordan) Secretary General of the Religions for Peace PNND Council Member. Chairperson of the Committee Parliamentary Support Group, Former Chair of the for Population and Development Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs Karima Delli MEP (France) Senator Byrganym Aitimova (Kazakhstan) Member Committee on Transport and Tourism Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee Graeme Dey MSP (Scotland) Former Kazakhstan Ambassador to the United Nations Deputy Convener, Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Mani Shankar Aiyar MP (India) Environment Committee PNND Co-President. Chair of the Rajiv Gandhi Action Paul Dewar MP (Canada) Plan Group for a Nuclear Free and Nonviolent World PNND Co-President. Order Opposition Critic (Spokesperson) on Foreign Affairs Christian Allard MSP (Scotland) Natalia Diaz Quintana (Costa Rica) Meyrem Almaci MP (Belgium) President of the Foreign Affairs Committee Leader of the Greens, Belgian Chamber of Anneliese Dodds MEP (United Kingdom) Representatives Chair Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation Abacca Anjain Maddison (Marshall Islands) and Association Parliamentary Committee PNND Past-President. Former senator for Rongelap Pastor Eurico MP (Brazil) Aytuğ Atici MP (Turkey) Member of the International Relations Committee PNND Council Member Linda Fabiani MSP (Scotland) Danielle Auroi MP (France) Former Chair European and External Relations President of the European affairs committee, National Committee Assembly Alain Ficini MP (Monaco) Brando Benifei MEP (Italy) PNND Council Member Board Member EU40 (Network of Young MEPs) Ute Finckh-Krämer MdB (Germany) Chic Brodie MSP (Scotland) Vice-Chair of the Bundestag Sub-committee on Convener of the Cross-Party Group on Social Enterprise Disarmament and Arms Control Agnieszka Brugger MdB (Germany) Hedy Fry MP (Canada) Green Party Spokesperson for Disarmament OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Special Representative Tony de Brum (Marshall Islands) on Gender Issues Former Minister for Foreign Affairs Kenzo Fujisue MP (Japan) Klaus Buchner MEP (Germany) PNND member Member Committee on Foreign Affairs Yukihisa Fujita MP (Japan) Maria August Calle Andrade MP (Ecuador) Member of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Member of the National Assembly Affairs and Defense Nessa Childers MEP (Ireland) Alena Gajdůšková (Czech Republic) Member Committee on the Environment, Public Health PNND Council member. Former senator. and Food Safety Former Vice-President of the Senate. Saber Chowdhury MP (Bangladesh) Rob Gibson MSP (Scotland) PNND Co-President Phil Goff MP (New Zealand). President of the Inter Parliamentary Union Chair of PNND New Zealand. Former NZ Minister for David Clendon MP (New Zealand) Disarmament and Arms Control. Senator David Coltart (Zimbabwe) Ana Gomes MEP (Portugal) PNND Past President. Deputy Chair, PNND European Parliament Section Former Minister of Education, Sports and Culture Kennedy Graham MP (New Zealand) Tarja Cronberg (Finland) Green Party Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, PNND Co-President, Former Chair of the European Disarmament and Defence Parliament Contact Group with Iran Karoline Graswander-Hainz (Austria) Barbara Gysi MP (Switzerland) Parliamentary Assembly, Former officer of the PNND Council Member Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organisations Jill Hall MP (Australia) Christine Muttonen MP (Austria) Former Labour Party Whip in Parliament PNND Co-President, Vice-President of the OSCE Jamie Hepburn MSP (Scotland) Parliamentary Assembly Minister for Sport, Health Improvement and Mental Masaharu NAKAGAWA MP (Japan) Health Former Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science Edine von Herold (Costa Rica) and Technology PNND Council Member Norbert Neuser MEP (Germany) Adam Ingram MSP (Scotland) Holger Nielson MP (Denmark) Former Minister for Children and Early Years PNND Council member Senator Janis Johnson (Canada) Former Foreign Minister of Denmark Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs Senator David Norris (Ireland) and International Trade PNND Council Member Birgitta Jonsdottir MP (Iceland) Dimitrios Papadimoulis MEP (Greece) PNND Council Member Vice-President of the European Parliament Colin Keir MSP (Scotland) Melissa Parke MP (Australia) MK Dov Khenin (Israel) Former Minister for International Development PNND Council Member Mark Parnell MLC (Australia) Bill Kidd MSP (Scotland) Parliamentary leader, Greens South Australia PNND Co-President, Chair Scottish Parliament Cross- Liliane Maury Pasquier MP (Switzerland) Party Group on Nuclear Disarmament Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee Roderich Kiesewetter MdB (Germany) Georgi Pirinski MEP (Bulgaria) PNND Council Member Former Chairman of the National Assembly of Bulgaria Deputy Chairman of the Bundestag Sub-Committee for Rudolf Rechsteiner MP (Switzerland) Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation PNND Council Member Kateřina Konečná MEP (Czech Republic) Sahar Qawasmi MP (Palestine) Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Parliamentarians Network for Conflict Prevention Safety Shane Reti MP (New Zealand). Taro Kono MP (Japan) Deputy Chair of PNND New Zealand PNND Co-President Senator Lee Rhiannon (Australia) Former Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee Greens spokesperson on International Aid & Dennis Kucinich (United States) Development PNND Alumni Council Member Michèle Rivasi MEP (France) Former Mayor of Cleveland and Member of the US Founder of the Commission for Independent Research House of Representatives and Information on Radioactivity Jean Lambert MEP (United Kingdom) Senator Douglas Roche (Canada) Chair, European Parliament Delegation for relations PNND Founding Chair. with South Asia Former Disarmament Ambassador for Canada Christian Levrat MP (Switzerland) Viktor Rogalev MP (Kazakhstan) President of the Foreign Affairs Committee Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee Sabine Lösing MEP (Germany) PNND Council Member Vice-Chair, European Parliament Committee on Security Senadora Laura Angélica Rojas Hernández (Mexico) and Defense PNND Council Member Alain Lubamba wa Lubamba MP (DRC) Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs International Organizations of the Mexican Senate Richard Lyle MSP (Scotland) Michael W Russell MSP (Scotland) John Mason MSP (Scotland) Cabinet Secretary for Education & Lifelong Learning Ibrahim Matola MP (Malawi) Molly Scott Cato MEP (UK) Leader of the United Democratic Front party Senator Lisa Singh (Australia) Stewart Maxwell MSP (Scotland) Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Environment, Convenor of the Education and Culture Committee Climate Change and Water Mark McDonald MSP (Scotland) Alyn Smith MEP (United Kingdom) Christina McKelvie MSP (Scotland) Member Committee on Foreign Affairs Convener of the European and External Affairs Torstein Tvedt Solberg MP (Norway) Committee Gisela Splett MP (Germany) Hon Lynn MacLaren MLC (Australia) State Secretary at the Ministry of Transport and Parliamentary co-leader Greens Western Australia Infrastructure, Baden-Wuerttemberg Baroness Sue Miller (United Kingdom) Kevin Stewart MSP (Scotland) PNND Co-President Maryan Street (New Zealand) Senator Claire Moore (Australia) PNND Council Member. Former Minister of Housing and Shadow Minister for Women President of the Labour Party Eoghan Murphy MP (Ireland) Keisuke Suzuki MP (Japan) Former Head of Ireland Delegation to the OSCE Secretary General of PNND Japan, Member of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs Dario Tamburrano MEP (Italy) Monika Vana MEP (Austria) Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Member Committee on Budgets Keith Taylor MEP (United Kingdom) Baroness Joan Walmsley (United Kingdom) Emily Thornberry MP (United Kingdom) Vice-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Former Shadow Attorney General Children David Torrance MSP (Scotland) Julie Ward MEP (United Kingdom) Phil Twyford MP (New Zealand) Kitti Wasinondh MP (Thailand) Associate Spokesperson for Environment Deputy Chair, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs Ernest Urtasun MEP (Spain) Maureen Watt MSP (Scotland) Vice-Chair Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Minister for Public Health Parliamentary Assembly Paul Wheelhouse MSP (Scotland) Elena Valenciano MEP (Spain) Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs Chair of the European Parliament Sub Committee on Sandra White MSP (Scotland) Human Rights Deputy Convenor, Equal Opportunities Committee Bodil Valero MEP (Sweden) Uta Zapf (Germany) Member of the European Parliament Subcommittee on PNND Past-President, PNND Representative to Inter Security and Defence Parliamentary Organisations. Former Chair of the Harry Van Bommel MP (Netherlands) Bundestag Subcommittee on Disarmament and Arms Member of the Netherlands Delegations to the NATO Control and Non-Proliferation and OSCE Parliamentary Assemblies Dirk Van der Maelen MP (Belgium) PNND Council Member. Chairman Belgian Parliament Commission for Foreign Affairs. Mayors and local authorities: Eddie Ait (France) Rune Høiseth (Norway) Regional Councilor Ile-de- France Mayor
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