‘Malaysia should join anti-nuke club’
DISARMAMENT: Malaysia can help speak out against nuclear weapons, says Japan envoy
and Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday.
THE Japanese ambassador to Malaysia Dr Makio Miyagawa said Malaysia should be part of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (NDPI).
Established in 2010 with the aim of achieving and maintaining the shared goal of a world free of nuclear weapons, its members include Australia, Chile, Japan, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, Germany, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.
He said Malaysia was a non-nuclear state and was well qualified to contribute towards making systematic and progressive efforts to reduce nuclear weapons globally.
“Malaysia is committed to eliminating nuclear weapons.
“Malaysia can help to speak out that it is inhumane to continue to hold nuclear weapons, and it would have terrible repercussions on humanity.
“We ought to keep a healthy human brain and body for our future generations,” he said yesterday.
Miyagawa said Malaysians were moderate and peaceful and always seeking a settlement for disputes through dialogue and consultations.
He was speaking at a special lecture and panel discussion held at the Universiti Malaya on yesterday titled
at the panel discussion in Universiti From Hiroshima to Our World without Nuclear Weapons — Beyond Human Atrocities.
It was attended by Hiroshima mayor Kazumi Matsui, International University Association president Tan Sri Dr Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, Universiti Malaya Department of Physics professor Dr Wan Haliza Abdul Majid and World Without Nuclear Weapons youth communicator Erique Phang Li Onn.
At the event, it was noted that 71 years have passed since the atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.
The special lecture and panel discussion examined how the explosion caused indescribable suffering, and Japan has been entrusted with the task of letting it known far and wide the catastrophe caused by nuclear weapons. way or the short way by using Brahim’s ready-to-cook sauces.”
The book launch was graced by former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
Two thousand copies of the hardcover books will be distributed to ministries, embassies and partner distributors overseas, while 5,000 copies of the soft-cover version are available at MPH bookstores nationwide and priced at RM39.90.
The event also featured a special auction.
Philanthropist and entrepreneur Datuk Noordin Ahmad won the auction for the recipe book, which was signed by Abdullah and the authors Ibrahim and Nur Fatin Ibrahim.
The proceeds from the auction and sale of the books during the launch were channelled to the Baitul Hayati Foundation.
The foundation, under Brahim’s Group of Companies, seeks to provide food, shelter and aid for the underprivileged.