Pugwash Representatives Visit Soka Gakkai Headquarters

On November 7, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs President Hussain Al-Shahristani and Secretary General Karen Hallberg visited the Soka Gakkai Headquarters in Tokyo where they met with Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada, Vice President Hirotsugu Terasaki and Women’s Peace Committee Chair Miyuki Hashiguchi. President Harada offered his congratulations on the holding of the 63rd Pugwash Conference in Hiroshima earlier in the month, and Dr. Al-Shahristani emphasized the importance of cooperation between scientists and people of faith toward the abolition of nuclear weapons.

The Pugwash Conference in Hiroshima was attended by Chie Sunada, director of Disarmament and Human Rights for the SGI (Soka Gakkai International), and Soka Gakkai members from Hiroshima.