Hiroshima-ICAN Academy on Nuclear Weapons and Security 2022 was held during October to November 2022. 29 participants who passed the selection process from all over the world took part in the program this year.

Program Features

• Understand the reality of the atomic bombing, such as the inhumanity of nuclear weapons and health effects of radiation, through testimonies of A-bomb survivors.
• Learn about global trends on nuclear weapons and global security, through exchange with professors and researchers of universities, institutions etc.
• Acquire necessary skills and innovative visions for concretely contributing in the global arena towards realizing a peaceful world.
• Engage with and learn from UN officials, diplomats, and NGO members.

1)Online Learning and Webinar Sessions

Dates

• Tuesday, October 25
• Friday, October 28
• Tuesday, November 1
• Friday, November 4

Lecturers

A-bomb survivors, university professors, NGO members, etc.

Participants

29 participants from 20 countries (students and researchers between the ages of 19 and 31)

Participants’ Nationalities

 

Group	Country / Region	Number of Participants
Nuclear Weapon States*	China	1
	France	1
	Russia	1
	United Kingdom	1
	United States of America	10
Subtotal		14
Non-Nuclear Weapon States	Japan	1
	Mongolia	1
	India	1
	Uzbekistan	1
	Iraq	1
	Lebanon	1
	Austria	1
	Italy	1
	Rwanda	1
	South Africa	1
	Zambia	1
	Brazil	1
	Mexico	1
	Australia	1
	Fiji	1
Subtotal		15
Total		29

*Nuclear weapon states are the states that are permitted to possess nuclear weapons under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)

Webinar Session Schedule

Date	Lecturer	Content
25Nov. Tue.	Ms. Koko Kondo Hiroshima A-bomb survivor   Ms. Mary Dickson Downwinder and radiation-caused thyroid cancer survivor	Humanitarian and environmental consequences of nuclear weapons, which disregard human rights
28Oct. Fri.	Mr. Kunihiko Shimada　 Principal Director of Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace(HOPe)   Ms. Rebecca Irby New Detroit	How does nuclear disarmament correlate with achieving the SDGs?
01Nov. Tue.	Ms. Karly Burch Otago University   Mr. Ira Helfand Member of the International Steering Group of ICAN Past President of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War（IPPNW）	Nuclear weapons’ impact on the environment – past, present and future
	Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs	United Nations, the SDGs and nuclear disarmament
04Nov. Fri	Ms. Susi Snyder ICAN Financial Sector Coordinator   Mr. Tommy Piemonte Head of Sustainable Investment Research at Bank für Kirche und Caritas(BKC)	Financial aspects of nuclear weapons – spending, corporations and divestments

2)Hiroshima Session

Dates

November 9 (Wed.) – November 12 (Sat.)

Lecturers

• A-bomb survivors and their family members
• Ms. Yumi Kanazaki, Director, Peace Media Center, The Chugoku Shimbun
• Professor Seiichiro Takemine, Meisei University, etc.

Participants

A total of 29 participants from 20 countries (students or researchers between the ages of 19 and 31)

*5 of 29 participants participated online

Guest Participants

• Ms. Miyu Yamaguchi, Nagasaki Youth Delegation 2021
• Ms. Bedi Racule, From Marshall Islands, Former representative of the youth organization “MISA4ThePacific”

Hiroshima Session Schedule (excerpts)

Date	Time	Program
09Nov. Wed.	AM	Opening, Orientation, Overview and Ice breaking
	PM	Guided Tour of the Peace Memorial Park, Visit to the Peace Memorial Museum
		Welcome Dinner
10Nov. Thu.	AM	Visit Fukuromachi Elementary School Peace Museum
		Exchange with Hibakusha (A-Bomb survivors)
	PM	Global Hibakushas Today (Ms. Miyu Yamaguchi, Ms. Bedi Racule, Prof. Seiichiro Takamine)
11Nov. Fri.	AM	Visit to the Hiroshima Prefectural Government Courtesy call with Governor Hidehiko Yuzaki
		Visit to Hiroshima City Hall Courtesy call with Mayor Kazumi Matsui
	PM	Visit to the Chugoku Shimbun (Local Newspaper) Meeting with Ms. Yumi Kanazaki, Director, Peace Media Center, The Chugoku Shimbun
		Exchange with youth activists in Hiroshima NGO ANT-Hiroshima
12Nov. Sat.	AM	Preparation for final presentation
	PM	Final Presentation (Public)

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