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 August 26, 2016

Parliamentarians (and former parliamentarians):

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

Mayors and local authorities:

 Eddie Ait (France) President of the municipality of Grândola Regional Councilor Ile-de- France  Didier Guillaume (France) Special Delegate for the President Mayor of Choisy-le-Roi  Marie-France Beaufils (France)  Councillor Mark Hackett (UK) Mayor of Saint-Pierre-des-Corps UK Nuclear Free Local Authorities  Cllr David Blackburn (UK)  Thorvald Hillestad (Norway) Leeds City Council Mayor of Re  Luigi Boria (USA)  Rune Høiseth (Norway) Mayor of Doral, Florida Mayor of Larvik Community  Michael Brennan (USA)  Svein Arne Jerstad (Norway) Mayor of the City of Portland Mayor of Kveinsdal  Stuart Crosby (New Zealand)  Jean-Claude Kennedy (France) Mayor of Tauranga Mayor of Vitry-sur-Seine, Vice-president of  Lianne Dalziel (New Zealand) AFCDRP-Mayors for Peace France Mayor of Christchurch  Mark Kleinschmidt (USA)  Frank Demaumont (France) Mayor of Chapel Hill, NC Mayor of Châlette-sur-Loing, Vice-president of  Gilles Kouchica (France) Mayors for Peace France Councilman of city of Auriol  Críona Ní Dhálaigh (Ireland)  Thomas Kuhn (Germany) Lord Mayor of Dublin Mayor of Bartholomä  Jan Durnez (Belgium)  Jean-paul Lecoq (France) Mayor of Ypres Mayor of Gonfreville l'Orcher Vice-President of Mayors for Peace  Olivier Maingain (Belgium) Member of the Flemish Parliament Mayor of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Brussels  Christophe Faverjon (France)  Kazumi Matsui (Japan) Mayor of Unieux Mayor of Hiroshima  António de Jesus Figueira Mendes (Portugal) President of Mayors for Peace  Josep Mayoral i Antigas (Spain)  Philippe Rio (France) Mayor of Granollers, Spain Mayor of Grigny Vice President of Mayors for Peace  Stefan Schostock (Germany)  António de Jesus Figueira Mendes (Portugal) Lord Mayor of Hanover, President of the municipality of Grândola Vice-President of Mayors for Peace  Dr Guy Morin (Switzerland)  Dinesh Sharma (India) President (Mayor) of the Basel Stadt Canton. Mayor of Lucknow Member of Mayors for Peace  Henri Stoll (France)  Paul Murphy (UK) Mayor of Kaysersberg Lord Mayor of Manchester  Tomihisa Taue (Japan)  Mr. Nkenfack (Cameroon) Mayor of Nagasaki, Japan Mayor of Fongo Tongo Vice President of Mayors for Peace Vice President of Mayors for Peace  Thore Vestby (Norway)  Paul Nanfack (Cameroon) Mayor of Frogn. PNND Member Deputy Mayor of Fongo Tongo, Permanent Vice-President of Mayors for Peace Secretary of African Mayors for Peace  Celia Wade-Brown (Aotearoa-New Zealand),  Didier Paillard (France) Mayor of Wellington. Mayor of Saint Denis Executive City Member, Mayors for Peace  Lyn Patterson (New Zealand)  Ray Wallace (Aotearoa-New Zealand) Mayor of Masterton Mayor of Lower Hutt  Paul Quilès (France)  Laurent Wehrli (Switzerland) Mayor of Cordes-sur-Ciel Mayor of Montreux Former Defence Minister  Christopher Williams (Wales)  Thilo Rentschler (Germany) Vale of Glamorgan Council Mayor of Aalen Dinas Powys Community Council

Religious leaders:

 Swami Anjani (USA)  Richard Bickle (England) Director of Community Relations Chair of Trustees, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Kashi Foundation England & Scotland  Dr. Vinu Aram (India)  Rev Allan Aubrey Boesak (USA) Director, Shanti Ashram Desmond Tutu Chair of Peace, Justice, and Executive Committee, Religions for Peace Reconciliation Studies, Christian Theological  Rev George Armstrong (Aotearoa-New Seminary and Butler University Zealand)  Geraldine Bridges (United Kingdom) Advisory Forum, KAICIID International International Fellowship of Reconciliation Dialogue Centre  Rev. Gary Burrill (Canada)  Jocelyn Armstrong (Aotearoa-New Zealand) United Heritage Church Vice-president of the Auckland Inter-Faith  Bishop Oscar Cantú (U.S.A.) Council Chairman, Committee on International Justice  Crdl Raymundo Damasceno Assis (Brazil) and Peace, United States Conference of Archbishop of Aparecida, Catholic Bishops Moderator, Latin American and Caribbean  Kirit Daftary (USA) Council of Religious Leaders President of the Anuvibha Association of  Kiran Bali (UK) North America, Member of the Board of Chairperson, United Religions Initiative Global Trustees, Parliament of the World’s Religions Council  Rev. Dr. Herbert Daughtry (USA)  Dr. Michael Bangert (Switzerland) National Presiding Minister, House of the Lord Pastor of the Christ Catholic Church of Basel Churches  Rev. Paula Clayton Dempsey (USA)  Sheikh Abdallah bin Bayyah (Saudi Arabia) Director of Partnership Relations, Alliance of President, Forum for Promoting Peace in Baptists Muslim Societies  Marie Dennis (USA)  Armando Bernardini (Italy) Co-President Pax Christi International President, International Foundation for Inter-  Bishop Kevin Dowling (South Africa) religious and Intercultural Education Co-President Pax Christi International  Adalberta Mazzini Bernardini (Italy)  Rev. Dr. Diana C. Gibson (USA) Vice-President, International Foundation for Chair, Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice Inter-religious and Intercultural Education  Pat Gaffney (UK)  Michel Monod (Switzerland) General Secretary Pax Christi IFOR 2nd representative to the UN in Geneva,  Ela Gandhi (South Africa) Minister (ret) Protestant church of Geneva. Gandhi Development Trust  Sheikh Shaban Mubaje (Uganda) Co-President of Religions for Peace Grand Mufti, Uganda Muslim Supreme Coucil;  Prof. Mehmet Gormez (Turkey) Co-Moderator, Religions for Peace-African President of Religious Affairs of Turkey Council of Religious Leaders  Jonathan Granoff (USA)  Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid (Pakistan/USA) President, Global Security Institute. President Sound Vision Co-founder, United Religions Initiative Nuclear Chair, Parliament of the World's Religions Disarmament Cooperation Circle  Rori Picker Neiss (USA)  Fred Hiltz (Canada) Director of Programming,Education, and Archbishop and Primate Community Engagement, Bais Abraham The Anglican Church of Canada Congregation  Rev. Doug Hostetter (USA)  Rev. Kosho Niwano (Japan) Director, United Nations Office President-Designate, Rissho Kosei-Kai Mennonite Central Committee Executive Committee, Religions for Peace  Dr. Kazi Nurul Islam (Bangladesh)  H.E. John Cardinal Onaiyekan (Nigeria) Founding Director, Centre for Inter-religious and Archbishop of Abuja, Archdiocese of Abuja Intercultural Dialogue Co-Moderator, Religions for Peace-African Member Global Council of United Religions Council of Religious Leaders Initiative (URI)  Ven. Eigen Onishi (Japan)  Lucas Johnson (USA) Kiyomizu Temple International Coordinator, International  Rev. Nathaniel W. Pierce (USA) Fellowship of Reconciliation US Representative, Anglican Pacifist Fellowship  Senji Kanaeda (USA)  Mary Anne Plaatjies van Huffel (South Africa), Nipponzan Myohoji Bainbridge Island Dojo President, World Council of Churches Africa  Bruce Kent (UK)  Guy Quinlan (USA) Vice President Pax Christi UK Chair of the All Souls (Unitarian Universalist)  Mr. Steve Killelea (Australia) Nuclear Disarmament Task Force Founder, Institute for Economics and Peace President of Lawyers’ Committee on Nuclear International Treasurer, Religions for Peace Policy  Rev. Keiji Kunitomi (Japan)  Dr. Tariq Ramadan (Switzerland/UK) Secretary General, Religions for Peace Japan President of the European Muslim Network  Rev. Paul Lansu (Belgium)  Sister Mega Rice (USA) Senior Policy Advisor Pax Christi International Ploughshares  Davorka Lovrekovic (Germany)  Chief Rabbi David Rosen (USA) International President, International Fellowship of Director of Interreligious Affairs, American Reconciliation Jewish Committee  Sister Marie Lucey (USA)  Wolfgang Schlupp-Hauck (Germany) Director of Advocacy and Member Relations, International Fellowship of Reconciliation Franciscan Action Network  Priestess Beatriz Schulthess (Costa Rica)  Robert Mackay (New Zealand) President, Indigenous Peoples Ancestral National Coordinator, Interfaith Youth Spiritual Council Movement in New Zealand  Sulak Sivaraksa (Thailand) International Ambassador, Council for a Co-founder, International Network of Engaged Parliament of the World's Religions Buddhists  Mairead Maguire (Northern Ireland)  Rev. Kristin Stoneking (USA) Nobel Peace Laureate, International Advisor for Executive Director, Fellowship of Reconciliation Parliament of the World’s Religions,  Rev. Kyoichi Sugino (Japan/USA) Co-founder Peace People Deputy Secretary General, Religions for Peace  Sharon Marshall (New Zealand/Switzerland) International President, Unitarian Universalists of Basel  Ven. Gijun Sugitani (Japan)  Rev. Crystal Silva-McCormick (USA) Chair, Religions for Peace International Standing Minister in the United Church of Christ Commission on Disarmament and Security; Member of the Board of Trustees, Parliament of Supreme Advisor, Tendai Buddhism the World’s Religion  Samina Sundas (USA)  Ms. Paddy Meskin (South Africa) Founder and Executive Director of American President, Union of Temple Sisterhoods, and Muslim Voice Coordinator, Religions for Peace International  Rev Bill Swing (USA) Women’s Committee President, United Religions Initiative  Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra (UK)  Dr. Din Syamsuddin (Indonesia) Religions for Peace ECRL President, Muhammadiyah, and Moderator, Muslim Council of Britain Asian Conference of Religions for Peace  Dr. Sayyid M. Syeed (USA)  Rev Diane Marama Winder (New Zealand) Director, Office for Interfaith and Community Director, Sephira Institute Alliances, Islamic Society of North America  Jim Winkler (USA) Executive Committee, Religions for Peace President and General Secretary, National  Hirotsugu Terasaki (Japan) Council of Churches of Christ in the USA Executive Director for Peace Affairs,  Rev Thomas Wipf (Switzerland) Soka Gakkai International Moderator of the European Council of Religious  Dr. William F. Vendley (USA) Leaders, Member, Religions for Peace Secretary General, Religions for Peace International Executive International  Gilberto Zamora Perez (USA)  Michael R. Walli (USA) Nipponzan Myohoji Bainbridge Island Dojo Ploughshares  Monica Willard (USA) UN Representative for the United Religions Initiative

Religious organisations:

 Christian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (UK) Co-Chairs: Martin Birdseye and Caroline Gilbert. Executive Members: Kelvin Gascoyne, Michael Gilbert, Michael Pulham, Patricia Pulham, Angela Rayner and Neil Berry.  Interfaith Harmony Committee of Lahore High Court Bar Association (Pakistan)  International Fellowship of Reconciliation (International)  Unitarian Universalist Association (International) Rev. Peter Morales (President), Jim Key (Moderator), Rev. Harlan Limpert (Chief Operating Officer), Rev. Eric Cherry (International Resources Director), Bruce Knotts (United Nations Office Director)