Hiroshima Day in Vienna

["Alois Reisenbichler - Stadtteilzentrum Simmering" <verin.stadtteilz.simmering at chello.at>]

Dear friends,


The Viennese Peace Movement and the Hiroshima Group Vienna will again
organise the annual manifestation 2005 in commemoration of the victims of
the first atomic bombs on 6 August in Vienna, St. Stephan’s Square. This
year we will celebrate the 60ieth anniversary of the atomic raid of the two
Japanese Cities.



The lesson from Hiroshima and Nagasaki is of greater relevance than ever: a
world free from nuclear weapons and war. But despite the protest of
millions of people war is waged in Afghanistan, in Iraq, the Middle East
and elsewhere and people in all the war afflicted regions are severely
suffering. On the other hand, research and development on new and above all
employable nuclear weapons (mini-nukes, as described in the recent US
military doctrine) are carried on. The nuclear arsenals of the so called
new nuclear weapons states like India and Pakistan are threatening the
world to the same extent as the stockpiles of the "old" ones or the
"non-declared". Into this picture the failed Review-Conference on the NPT
(New York, May 05) fits perfectly in.



We must say clearly: There is no alternative to the abolition of all
nuclear weapons. Prominent and well-known voices all over the world are
alerting public opinion to the use of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs,
"dirty bombs") by terrorists but also to the threat of resuming nuclear
testing by the nuclear powers and the threat of use of nuclear weapons in
doctrines like that of the pre-emptive strike.



Therefore, our common endeavour for a world without nuclear weapons and
without war is more needed than ever before. For this reasons, we are
kindly asking you to send us your MESSAGE OF SUPPORT for this very
important event on 6th of August (Hiroshima-Day). We expect your kind
message not later than the end of July.



All the incoming messages will be collected in our webpage
http://www.hiroshima.at and presented publicly at the manifestation in
Vienna.



Your kind message is a very valuable help in our common effort: a world
without nuclear weapons and without war.



Yours sincerely,





Andreas Pecha

Alois Reisenbichler

Voluntary members of the Peacebureau Vienna