Nuclear panel meets in Hiroshima, seeks ways for nuke-free world
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The commission plans to unveil the final report in early January on a roadmap to the ultimate goal of a world free of nuclear weapons, which was proposed by U.S. President Barack Obama in April in Prague.
In a draft report titled ''Eliminating Nuclear Threats: A Practical Agenda for Global Policymakers,'' which was obtained by Kyodo News, the panel ambitiously targeted reducing the number of existing nuclear warheads in the world from more than 20,000 to 1,000 or fewer by 2025 and making every nuclear state commit to the no-first-use doctrine by that year. The initial target for an adoption of the doctrine was 2010 in earlier draft.
The doctrine is a pledge by a nuclear power not to use nuclear weapons unless it or its allies come under nuclear attack.
Survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 and their supporters are asking the commission to stipulate in the report a clear deadline for the abolition of nuclear weapons.
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Finally, the elimination of nuclear weapons is becoming close to a reality. Hopefully, all the nuclear nations will actually pledge to follow the doctrine of both reducing the number of nuclear warheads and also not to use unless they get hit by nukes first.