Joint Appeal for an Armistice during the Athens Olympic Games

and the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons

With the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece approaching, we who wish for peace call for leaders all over the world to do the following:

1. All battles in the world must stop during the Olympic Games in Athens. To achieve this, discussions must be started at once for cease-fire agreements. If that is impossible, a unilateral cease-fire declaration must be announced.

2. As we do see, ordinary citizens such as children, women, and the aged sacrifice the most in modern warfare. The chain of hatred must be broken, and the seeds of conflict must be solved by negotiation, not by military measures, to prevent the casualties from growing.

3. No nation, alliance, or region shall possess nuclear weapons in any form for any objective. To achieve this, international discussion must be promoted within a definite period.

On June 6th, 2004, the day of the Athens Olympics torch relay in Tokyo.

Signature:

Nagai Shuji, Nagai Miyoko, Inoue Setsuko, Nakamura Yuko, Yano Chiyoko,

Oohara Kyoko, Wada Fumiko, Shiiba Masuo, Ozaki Takumi, Tenma Yoshiko,

Yokoi Hideko, Sato Masayoshi, Yamada Hirotami, Tanaka Shigemitsu,

Maki Yasuhiro, Taniguchi Sumiteru, Takahira Makiko, Kawaguchi Tatsuya,

Hagiya Mizuo, Hashiguchi Mitsuko, Tanaka Emiko, Hamasaki Hitoshi,

Muraki Shoichiro, Hibino Masami, Yoshida Tsuneo, Tanaka Toshihiro,

Aoyama Yasushi, Aoyama Hiroko, Aoyama Hanako, Aoyama Himeko,

Irie Hisato, Irie Miyako, Irie Hinako, Irie Keitaro, Nakamura Kiyoshi,

Yamato Kenichi, Terai Kazumichi, Kamata Nobuko, Matsuo Yumiko,

Fukuda Fujie, Kamiseji Isako, Mizuta Masuo, Hirano Kiyoko, Nakano Kiyoshi,

Anonymity, Anonymity, Anonymity, Anonymity, Miyamoto Keiko,

Ikeda Maki, Hirano Taeko, Miyazawa Mikiko, Miyazawa Kiyoshi, Hirose Masahito,

The Tokyo Peace Committee,

The Nagasaki Congress Of Mass Media And Culture Worker's Union,

The Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Testimonial Society,

The Nagasaki Cinema Center,

The Nagasaki Peace Flame Monument Dedicated To Nagasaki Being The Last City To Suffer An Atomic Bombing

Sato Atsuko, Igisu Masakazu, Hirayama Akira, Oki Kazuya, Takahashi Toshio, Sato Yasuhiro,

Tanaka Takashi, Ido Hideaki, Usui Kazuya, Nagae Koji, Azakami Yasuhiro, Inoue Hideo,

Obata Hisashi, Tanaka Kumi, Yamamoto Hiroyumi, Ooba Junko, Mizuta Masuo,

Motomura Kanae, Umezaki Junko, Baba Clinic, Kakita Fumie, Yokoyama Teruko,

Sasaki Akira, Mishima Humiaki,