Hiroshima to propose reconciliation on A-bomb anniversary
HIROSHIMA, Aug. 2 Kyodo - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba said Wednesday he will propose the idea of reconciliation in a peace declaration he will deliver Sunday during a ceremony marking the 55th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.
Akiba told a press conference that he will also propose that Hiroshima mediate in international disputes and promote the abolishment of the world's nuclear arsenals.
By pushing for reconciliation, the mayor said, he means that people should do everything in their power to eradicate conflicts arising between human beings and technology including nuclear weapons.
The 52nd declaration was compiled by Akiba and senior city officials ''taking into consideration the opinions of people including atomic-bomb survivors and visitors to the Peace Memorial Museum,'' he said.
The city office has released a declaration every year since 1947 except for 1950 and 1951, when it was affected by political disputes over the 1950-1953 Korean War.
Akiba will also praise worldwide efforts to prevent another atomic bombing since the bombing Aug. 6, 1945, of Hiroshima, which killed 140,000 people, and the bombing of Nagasaki three days later that killed 74,000.
The declaration will also call on the Japanese government to further promote policy to rehabilitate atomic-bomb survivors.
==Kyodo
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