Outcome of the Forum

Hiroshima Prefectural Government has invited foreign high school students and Japanese high school students to discuss global peace, share ideas, deepen mutual understanding, and spread a message of peace around the world in order to bring about a world without nuclear weapons.

Hiroshima Junior International Forum Declaration

See attached file

• Hiroshima Junior International Forum Declaration

Action Plans by the participants

Each participant described what they would do after coming back to their home countries as Action Plans.　 (To be uploaded)

Social Media

・YouTube video delivery   

Report of the 9th Hiroshima Junior International Forum (To be uploaded)

Outline

(1) Hosted by: Hiroshima Prefectural Government

(2) Date: (Wednesday) August 14 through (Sunday) August 18, 2024

(3) Location: International Convention Center Hiroshima

(4) Theme: How we can contribute to achieving a peaceful world
       (Initiatives toward the abolition of nuclear weapons, reconstruction and peacebuilding)

(5) Participants: 86 people

Category	Number of Participants	Countries (Regions)
Foreign High school students from overseas	18 people (15 countries)	Armenia 1, Cambodia 1, China 1, Germany 2, Indonesia 2, Italy 1, Mexico1, Myanmar 1, Oman 1, Peru 2, the Philippines 1, South Korea 1, Thailand 1, USA 1, Uzbekistan１ ※Of the overseas participants, those from China, Mexico, South Korea and USA (underlined) are invitees from Sichuan, Guanajuato, Gyeongsangbuk-do and Hawaii, with which Hiroshima Prefecture has friendship and other partnerships. The participants from Italy and Germany (italic) are from high schools which were visited by the participants of “Youth  Caravan from Hiroshima” who were dispatched to G7 countries following the results of the G7 Hiroshima Summit.
Foreign high school students living in Japan	22 people (13 countries)	Argentina 1, Canada 1, Chile 1, Finland 1, France 2, Germany 1, Iceland 1, Italy 1, Myanmar 2, New Zealand 3, Switzerland 3, Thailand 1, USA 4
Japanese High school students	46 people (Hiroshima 35, outside of Hiroshima 11)

(6)Program Details :

Date	Time (JST)	Program Details
August 14 (Wed)	9:00-19:50	Orientation Keynote speech Listening to an A-bomb survivor’s testimony Teambuilding workshop Lecture and group discussion on abolition of nuclear weapons Welcome reception
August 15 (Thu)	9:00-17:30	Lecture and Group discussion on reconstruction & peacebuilding Draft of the Hiroshima Declaration
August 16 (Fri)	9:00-17:30	Tour of Peace Memorial Museum Visit to the Cenotaph Visit to Miyajima
August 17 (Sat)	10:00-17:00	Finalization of the Hiroshima Declaration Preparation for the debriefing session
August 18 (Sun)	9:00-12:00	Preparation for the debriefing session Debriefing session (presentation of the Hiroshima Declaration, Action plan, etc.)

*JST: Japan Standard Time

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