This is a side event that was held on March 5, 2025, in the United Nations during the Third Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). The central theme of the side event is “cover-up.” The full extent of the damage caused by nuclear weapons has largely been obscured. What has been revealed so far only represents a fraction of the total impact. This cover-up is a fundamental aspect of the inhumane nature of nuclear damage. Atomic bomb survivors and victims of nuclear tests are speaking out to remind the world of the inhumanity associated with nuclear weapons.

[ Sponsored by ]
Yayoi Tsuchida
The Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs (Gensuikyo)
Benetick Kabua Maddison
Executive Director, Marshallese Educational Initiative

[ List of Speakers ]
*** Each speaker's name has a hyperlink to a YouTube video clip. ***

• Ambassador Teburoro Tito, Kiribati Government
• Jiro Hamasumi, Assistant Secretary General,
Nihon Hidankyo and the survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima
• Shim Jin-tae, a first-generation Korean atomic bomb victim and
the head of the Hapcheon chapter of the Korea Atomic Bombs Victim Association
• Han Jung-soon, chairperson of the Association for the Second Generation of Korean Atomic Bomb Survivors
• Benetick Kabua Maddision, Executive Director, Marshallese Educational Initiative
• Setsuko Shimomoto, Lead plaintiff of the Bikini Test Victims’ Lawsuit and
a daughter of a Japanese crew member of a fishing boat
impacted by the nuclear testing in the Pacific in the 1950s
• Ambassador John Silk, Marshall Islands Government

The Third Meeting of State Parties to the Treaty
on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
at United Nations Headquarters in New York City
March 3 - March 7, 2025