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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 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
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