NNAF 2011 Joint Declaration

Joint Declaration

Let us work hand in hand to create a nuclear-free society

1 August 2011

Participants of NNAF2011

NNAF2011 began on July 30 with 100 participants from eight countries, took place in Tokyo and Fukushima, and is scheduled to continue until August 6 in Hiroshima.

From reports about the reactor meltdown accident at Fukushima Daiichi NPP and the resulting large-scale radiation pollution we have reconfirmed the following. 1) Once a nuclear accident occurs, the damage from radiation is long term, and also has a great impact on the children, who will bear the future of the Earth. 2) Not only agriculture and dairy farming, but the whole of the regional economy and society is completely destroyed. We have also reconfirmed anew that radioactivity produced by nuclear power plants threatens the survival of humanity.

We have heard and shared reports concerning the situation of nuclear power in each of the participating countries and have renewed our determination to work towards a nuclear phase-out.

We, the participants in NNAF, demand that Tokyo Electric Power Company carry out full compensation to the residents of affected areas. In order to protect the health of children living in highly radiated environments, we demand that various measures such as the evacuation of children be carried out. We demand that the government proceed with active efforts to decontaminate polluted areas, and create an environment where people can live in greater safety. We also demand that all of Japan’s nuclear reactors are decommissioned before a ‘second Fukushima’ accident occurs and that all plans for new nuclear power stations or expansions of existing power stations be irrevocably withdrawn.

We, the participants of NNAF, demand that all nuclear power plants in Asia be decommissioned. We also oppose all plans for nuclear power plants in any Asian country. We strongly demand the creation of a nuclear-free society.

We have pledged to further strengthen our solidarity within NNAF in order to eliminate all nuclear power plants and nuclear weapons from Asia at the earliest possible date and create a nuclear-free and peaceful society. This is also a struggle to demand the democratization of societies and at the same time to create true sovereign nation states. Let us work hand in hand to create a nuclear-free society!