FILE NO. 150769 RESOLUTION NO. 322-15 1 [Marking the 7oth Year Since the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki] 2 3 Resolution marking the 70th year since the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and 4 Nagasaki. 5 6 WHEREAS, 70 years ago, close to the end of World War II, the United States dropped 7 two atomic bombs on Japan; and 8 WHEREAS, The first bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, at 9 8:15 a.m., and the second was dropped on the city of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, at 11 :01 10 a.m.; and 11 WHEREAS, The bombs caused great fires that raged in Hiroshima and Nagasaki for 12 days, and released nuclear radiation whose impact has lasted all of these decades; and 13 WHEREAS, At least 200,000 people including foreign residents, Allied POWs, 14 conscripted Korean and Chinese workers immediately lost their lives from the thermal 15 radiation, blast winds, the fires, falling debris and from the destruction of 70% of the cities' 16 buildings; and 17 WHEREAS, By 1979, there were officially 226,598 hibakusha or survivors of the two 18 atomic bombs; most of whom were still struggling with radiation-related illnesses and limited 19 recognition of their plight from their own government, the U.S. occupation forces and the 20 international community; and 21 WHEREAS, By 1980, approximately 80,000 hibakusha had died from radiation-related 22 illnesses; and 23 WHEREAS, The bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki remain the only nuclear 24 weapons used in warfare in world history; and 25 Supervisor Avalos BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 1 1 WHEREAS, Though seven decades have passed since the Enola Gay and Bockscar 2 planes opened their bomb bays on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, humanity continues to struggle 3 with recognizing the human toll and overall legacy of these bombings; and 4 WHEREAS, With these bombings and the ensuing proliferation of nuclear weapons, 5 humanity comes face to face with the understanding that we have the technological capability 6 and intellectual capacity to cause our own annihilation; and 7 WHEREAS, The bombings and the proliferation of thousands of nuclear weapons 8 around the world remind us that human civilization plods along in a constant precarious state, 9 and that we have unfinished business in cooperating towards lasting peace; now, therefore, 10 be it 11 RESOLVED, That the San Francisco Board of Supervisors marks the 70th year since 12 the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and recognizes August 6th and 13 August gth as days of solemnity to reflect on the decades of suffering inflicted by the atom 14 bomb, and to reflect on how nuclear weapons can be abolished, to be never used again. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Supervisor Avalos BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 2 City and County of San Francisco City Hall 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place Tails San Francisco, CA 94102-4689 Resolution File Number: 150769 · Date Passed: July 28, 2015 Resolution marking the 70th year since the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. July 28, 2015 Board of Supervisors - ADOPTED Ayes: 11 -Avalos, Breed, Campos, Christensen, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener and Yee File No. 150769 I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was ADOPTED on 7/28/2015 by the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco. br9-0-J:t "~ Angela Calvillo Clerk of the Board Unsigned 8/7/15 Mayor Date Approved I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution, not being signed by the Mayor within the time limit as set forth in Section 3.103 of the Charter, or time waived pursuant to Board Rule 2.14.2, became effective without his approval in accordance with the provision of said Section 3.103 of the Charter or Board Rule 2.14.2. City and County ofSan Francisco Page59 Printed at 2:50 pm on 7129115 .