March 11, 2014
Joint Statement
promoting March 11 as an International Day of Global Ethics
The lesson of Fukushima is that we should not use any scientific
technology susceptible of causing such damage that human society cannot
endure, irrespective of the figures of probability of accident, unless
the risk is completely zero.
Any conduct that permits radioactive contamination would create
incalculable harm to mankind and the earth almost permanently. It
should be condemned as lacking ethics and responsibility.
Japan, alas, has been the victim of both military and civil use of
nuclear energy. After Fukushima, Japan is not only suffering from
radioactive contamination, but also is encountering not easily
surmountable difficulties to bring the disastrous consequences of the
accident under control.
It is recognized clearly that nuclear technology is indivisible and
cannot be separated between the military and the civilian sectors. We
believe that Japan now has the historical mission to plead for the
complete nuclear abolition, both military and civil. It is the lesson
of Fukushima.
From this point of view, we would like to propose the following:
1. The I.A.E.A .that is given an incompatible mission of preventing
nuclear proliferation and promoting nuclear power generation should be
reformed.
2. International control over the safety of existing nuclear plants must be strengthened.
The present crisis confronting mankind is a crisis of civilization. We
should transform this civilization – the civilization of power based on
‘paternal culture’ – into a civilization of harmony based on ‘maternal
culture’ that gives the supreme value to life.
The deeply-rooted cause of the crisis confronting mankind is the
universally prevalent lack of ethics. It is against fundamental ethics
to abuse and exhaust natural resources that belong to future
generations and leave behind permanently poisonous waste and enormous
financial debts. Nature and resources of the world are being exploited
without regard for the consequences.
.Without establishing global ethics, we cannot create future
civilization of mankind that leaves behind the beautiful planet for
succeeding generations.
In this spirit, we stand for convening a United Nations Ethics Summit
and creating an International Day of Global Ethics as is called upon by
WFUCA. We fully support the official declaration of WFUCA to make 3.11
the UNESCO World Day of Global Ethics, inviting the international
community to support this idea. We believe that this Summit will pave
the way toward the vision of President Obama for the” World without
Nuclear Weapons”.
This International Day for Global Ethics will allow us every year to
renew our determination never to resort to war as a solution to
conflict.
We must prepare to make the short term sacrifices in our lifestyles for
the long term safety of mankind and the earth without nuclear energy.
Natural and renewable energies could constitute the basis for a new
civilization based on ethics and solidarity that respects the
environment and the interests of future generations.
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