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The Final Statement (Ulaanbaatar Declaration)
IPPNW
6th North Asia Regional Meeting
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Released June 26,
2007
First of all, we, the participants of this
Regional Meeting, wish to express our sincere appreciation to H.E. Mr. Enkhbayar
Nambar, President of Mongolia, and his Government for supporting the Regional
Meeting. We also wish to extend our cordial thanks to the Mongolian Physicians
for the Prevention of Nuclear War (MPPNW, President: Dr. Tuvshinbat Nyamsuren),
the Blue Banner (President: H.E Dr. Ochirbat Punsalmaa and Director: Dr. Enkhsaikhan
Jargalsaikhan) for jointly hosting the Meeting, and the Japanese Physicians for
the Prevention of Nuclear War (JPPNW, President: Dr Shizuteru Usui) for giving
generous support to the Meeting. We are also very grateful for excellent contribution
made by the the Mongolian staff for making this Meeting a great success.
During
the opening session, we expressed our condolences to the victims of the tragic
accident of a helicopter here in Mongolia and to the late Mr. Iccho Ito, the former
Mayor of Nagasaki, who passed away recently.
As a result of discussions
at the Meeting, it was agreed that further efforts should be focused on the following
areas, with a view to strengthening the future activities of IPPNW within the
North Asia region:
1. Strengthening the IPPNW infrastructure within North
Asia region, especially revitalizing the activities of affiliates of the Republic
of Korea and China
2. Conducting a study on the health and environmental effects
of nuclear bombings, nuclear weapon testings and accidents of nuclear plants,
etc.
3. Further promoting the experts' studies on the practical measures necessary
to establish a "Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone in Northeast Asia"
4. Reporting
the outcomes of items 2. and 3. above to medical communities and students as well
as to lay citizens worldwide for educating them
5. Proposing a workshop on
"From Legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki toward the establishment of North-East
Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone " at the coming IPPNW World Congress in New
Delhi, India, in 2008
6. Engaging other activities toward a peaceful and environmentally
sound world in coordination with IPPNW and other organizations worldwide
7.
The affiliates will develop a regional plan to participate in the International
Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), including a timetable for specific
activities.
All the participants warmly welcomed the offer of the JPPNW
to host the next North Asia Regional Meeting in Japan unless another concrete
proposal is made.
The participants further welcomed the kind offer of
the MPPNW to take appropriate measures to publicize and disseminate the outcomes
of this North Asia Regional Meeting to the regional and international communities,with
the help of the Blue Banner and support by JPPNW during the period leading to
the next IPPNW North Asia Regional Meeting.
Contact:
Dr.
Katsuko Kataoka, MD, PhD
IPPNW North Asia Regional Vice President, 2006-2008
Photo: Front row: Dr. Katsuko Kataoka, IPPNW Regional VP, H.E. Nambar
Enkhbayar, President of Mongolia, and Dr. Gunnar Westberg, IPPNW Co-President.
Back row: Dr. Tuvshinbat, President of MPPNW, J. Enkhsaikhan, Director of Blue
Banner, Dr. Usui, President of JPPNW and Mr. Tsutomu Ishiguri (not pictured),
the director of the UN Regional Center for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the
Pacific.