SGI Co-Organizes Side Events at Eleventh NPT Review Conference

The SGI (Soka Gakkai International) co-organized two side events at the 11th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) that began on April 27 in New York.

The first event, held on April 30, was co-organized with the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (NAPF) and titled “Choose Hope.” Named after the dialogue between NAPF co-founder David Krieger and President Daisaku Ikeda, the event addressed nuclear disarmament through the lens of the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons. Atomic bomb survivor, Hideto Matsuura of Nihon Hidankyo (Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations), gave his testimony.

The second event, titled "Preventing Nuclear Use and Escalation: Lessons from Nuclear Close Calls," was held on May 1 at UN Headquarters and was co-organized with the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of Austria to the UN. The discussion highlighted an urgent need to rebuild trust between nuclear-armed states and to reinforce the norm against nuclear use.