Video Messages Marking the 2020 Peace Memorial Ceremony Now Online

To strengthen the message of peace on the occasion of the Peace Memorial Ceremony held in this milestone 75th year since the atomic bombing, we put out a request for video messages calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons and the realization of lasting world peace.

These videos have been posted to the City of Hiroshima Official Youtube Channel so that we may share them with the world.

International Organizations

These video messages were presented at the Peace Memorial Ceremony venue.

 

1. Mr. António Guterres

   Secretary-General of the United Nations

2. Dr. Lassina Zerbo

　 Executive Secretary

　 Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization

3. Dr. Mbuli Charles Boliko

　 Director / Liaison Office in Japan

　 Food and Agriculture Organizationof the United Nations

4. Mr. Rafael Mariano Grossi

　 Director General

　 International Atomic Energy Agency

5. Mr. Houlin Zhao

　 Secretary-General

　 International Telecommunication Union

6. Mr. Francis Gurry

　 Director General

　 World Intellectual Property Organization

 

World Leaders and Sister Cities

These video messages were presented at the Peace Memorial Ceremony venue.

 

1.　Dr. Alexander Van Der Bellen

　　Federal President

　　Republic of Austria

2.　Mr. Sauli Niinistö

　　President

　　Republic of Finland

3.　Mr. Heiko Maas

　　Foreign Minister

　　Federal Republic of Germany

4.　Mr. Xavier Bettel

　　Prime Minister

　　Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

5.　Ms. Erna Solberg

　　Prime Minister

　　Kingdom of Norway

6.　Mr. Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov

　　Foreign Minister

　　Russian Federation

　　（Presented by Mr. Mikhail Yurievich Galuzin, Russian Ambassador to Japan）

7.　Ms. Zuzana Čaputová

　　President

　　Slovak Republic

8.　Mr. Borut Pahor

　　President

　　Republic of Slovenia

9.　Mr. Stefan Löfven

　　Prime Minister

　　Kingdom of Sweden

10. Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

　　 President

　　 Republic of Turkey

11. Mr. Kirk Caldwell

　　Mayor

 　　City and County of Honolulu

12. Ms. Valérie Plante

　　Mayor

　　City of Montreal

 

International Organizations and World Leaders

These video messages were contributed to the City after the video messages were compiled for the Peace Memorial Ceremony.

 

1. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

　 Director General

　 World Health Organization

2. Mr. Philippe Goffin

　 Foreign Affairs and Defense Minister

　 Kingdom of Belgium

3. Mr. Gitanas Nausėda

　 President

　 Republic of Lithuania

4. Mr. Rodrigo Roa Duterte

　 President

　 Republic of the Philippines

 

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