On Wednesday, November 13, in the room of the Peace Boat, anchored in the port of Piraeus, in Greece, the Pressenza documentary “The beginning of the end of nuclear weapons” was screened in the presence of journalists and activists.
Speakers and participants stressed the importance of popular and civil society pressure on nuclear disarmament.
They urged the Greek Government to sign and ratify the United Nations Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Nikos Stergiou called on the Greek government to sign the TPAN
One of the organizers of the event, Nikos Stergiou, president of the Greek section of the organization World Without Wars and Violence, presented the 2ª World March for Peace and Nonviolence, one of whose main demands is the entry into force of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
He called on the Greek government to sign the treaty and concluded by saying:
“We invite you to participate in this historic moment for humanity and become ambassadors of a future without nuclear weapons, as thousands of people around the world have already done.
In this effort, no one should be left behind, but even the weakest voice seems to weigh heavily on the conscience of humanity.”
Trevor Cambell of the Peace Boat reported on the Hibakusha program
Trevor Cambell of the Peace Boat informed the public about the Hibakusha program, in which the survivors of the atomic bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are invited to share their stories to raise public awareness about the effects of nuclear weapons.
Through this program, participants had the honor of meeting a Hibakusha, Sakashita Noriko, a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
Sakashita Noriko talked about her experience with nuclear weapons through her poignant poem.
Freddy Fernández, also attended the event
The Venezuelan ambassador to Greece, Freddy Fernández, also attended the event.
The presence of Venezuela was very important since it is one of the 33 countries that have signed and ratified the Treaty.
In the end, he did not fail to mention the tragic coup in Bolivia, a sister state of Venezuela.
The event ended with suggestions of new actions and projections of the documentary by the participants to highlight the issue of the Ban Treaty in Greece.