Honour for campaigners
THE Nobel Peace Prize will be presented in Oslo on December 10 to ICAN – the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. To celebrate its contribution to the achievement of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, Manchester Quakers and Greater Manchester CND are holding a party at the Friends Meeting House.
The Prize is a tribute to the tireless efforts of many millions of concerned citizens around the world who have protested against nuclear weapons, insisting, as did Lord Mountbatten, that they can serve no legitimate purpose.
It is a tribute also to the survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki – the Hibakusha, two of whom visited Manchester in April – and victims of nuclear test explosions around the world, including those who are commemorated by the recent relaying of the plaque at the Cenotaph in St Peter’s Square.
However, the campaign towards a world free of nuclear weapons continues with a day of action on the December 9 to press the British government to end its hypocrisy and sign up to the Treaty. They have always said that they support multilateral nuclear disarmament.
Next February, CND will be 60 years old and we invite people with memories of 1958, the Aldermaston marches or Greenham Common, to join us in the campaign. Steve Roman, Greater Manchester CND