2023 World Conference Against A&H Bombs
HIROSHIMA DAY RALLY
Speech by Ms. Phan Thi Khanh Chi
Deputy Secretary General
Vietnam Peace Committee
Distinguished guests,
Dear friends,
It is my great pleasure to once again attend the World Conference Against
A&H Bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I am thankful for the warm welcome
and generous hospitality that GENSUIKYO and Japanese friends have given tome and overseas participants. I would like to extend my warmest greetings andbest wishes to all participants in this conference.
It is my great honor to hand over the Message of Solidarity from thePresident of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam Vo Van Thuong to the conference
on this special occasion.
Dear friends,On behalf of the Viet Nam Peace Committee, I would like to express ourprofound solidarity with all victims of the 1945 tragedies in Hiroshima andNagasaki, victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin and all other war victims.
Going through many resistance wars in the history, Vietnamese people
understand the sufferings that hibakushas and other war victims have to endure.
Like Japanese people, we are fully aware of the value of peace. Viet Nam’s
tradition of peace have been developed by President Ho Chi Minh and theCommunist Party of Viet Nam and become the guidelines for the Vietnamese
people’s past struggle for national independence and reunification as well as thecurrent cause of national construction and defense. The peace spirit is clearly
embodied in Viet Nam’s consistent foreign policy of “independence, self-reliance,peace, friendship, cooperation and development” and the “4 Nos” principle: (i)not join any military alliances; (ii) not side with one country against another; (iii)not give any other countries permission to set up military bases or use its territory
to carry out military activities against other countries; (iv) not use force or threaten
to use force in international relations.
In response to the State policy, Vietnamese people organizations, including
Viet Nam Peace Committee, have always spare no efforts to join hands with peace1

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movements around the world to promote peaceful resolutions for any disputes ininternational relations and made contributions to the struggle against nuclearweapons.
Dear friends,
Although we have gained remarkable achievements in our struggle for aworld of peace without nuclear weapons, we are still witnessing people living infear and suffering from conflicts. The complicated world developments, including
tension increased in hotspots (South China Sea, East China Sea, Korean Peninsula,Taiwan Strait….), major power competition, the Ukraine crisis… are increasing
danger of the use of nuclear weapons and the tendency of using force.
In this context, peace movements and people’s organizations have to makegreater efforts. We have to place further pressure on governments, especiallynuclear powers to join, sign, ratify, respect and implement the TPNW. We should
also continue our support for hibakushas, victims of Agent Orange and other war
victims in their life and their struggle for justice. I propose that we take advantageof the developed technologies to bring the testimonies of the victims to the world
and to do online signature campaigns. The Viet Nam Peace Committee iscommitted to working with you for a world of peace and justice.
Last but not least, I would like to share with you that the Viet Nam Peace
Committee has launched a Peace Education Program with the aim of further
promoting the value of peace among Vietnamese people, especially the youngergeneration. The program is also expected to help Vietnamese people how to livein harmony with each other and with the nature.
Dear friends,
I would like to express my sincere thanks to GENSUIKYO for giving me achance to speak today at the World Conference Against A&H Bombs 2023. Thisis an excellent platform for people-to-people exchange and also a bridge to apeaceful world without nuclear weapons.
Once again, on behalf of the Viet Nam Peace Committee, I would like toconvey my sincere thanks and sentiments to Japanese and international peace
movements and people organizations around the world for your invaluable
support for Viet Nam in the past struggle for national independence andreunification and the present cause for national development.
I wish all Hiroshima people, Japanese and international friends good health,happiness and success. May the Conference be a great success!
Thank you all for your attention./.