Soka Gakkai Calls for Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, Urges Ratification of UN Nuclear Ban Treaty on 75th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing
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Thursday, August 6, 2020
The Soka Gakkai in Japan will also hold an online youth summit toward the renunciation of war in September.
Key Points:
- The Soka Gakkai in Japan will also hold an online youth summit toward the renunciation of war in September.
- It lays out the environmental, health and economic consequences of a nuclear explosion and urges governments to ratify the TPNW.
- The Soka Gakkai is a global Buddhist organization with 12 million members around the world that promotes peace, culture and education.
- The Soka Gakkai has worked toward the abolition of nuclear weapons for 60 years, since the Declaration Calling for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons issued by second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda on September 8, 1957.