A World Free from Nuclear Weapons

PrefacePeter K. A. Cardinal Turkson Introduction: Toward a Positive PeaceDrew Christiansen, SJ Part I: Setting the Agenda 1. Address by His Holiness Pope Francis 2. Address by Pietro Cardinal Parolin Part II: Witnesses 3. Surviving the Atomic BombMasako Wada 4. Hiroshima's Heritage and the Role of Companies in City Reconstruction: How This Experience Shaped Today's ValuesBruno L. Muller Part III: Laureates 5. Letter from Nobel Peace Prize Laureates to His Holiness Pope Francis on the Occasion of the International ConferenceMohamed ElBaradei, Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Jody Williams, and Muhammad Yunus 6. Nuclear Weapons: Confronting ArmageddonMohamed ElBaradei 7. For the Disarmament of InjusticeAdolfo Perez Esquivel 8. Will Human Beings Survive Another Century?Muhammad Yunus 9. What the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Can Offer for the Future Work of Nongovernmental OrganizationsBeatrice Fihn 10. Nukes, Land Mines, and Killer RobotsJody Williams 11. The Peace Process in Northern IrelandMairead Corrigan-Maguire Part IV: Diplomats 12. The UN Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Ban Nuclear Weapons: A DebateRose Gottemoeller, Thomas Hajnoczi, and Jorge Lomonaco 13. Beyond Nuclear Deterrence: Transforming the US-Russian EquationAlexei Georgevich Arbatov 14. International Diplomacy and International Security IssuesIzumi Nakamitsu 15. The Role of International Diplomacy and International OrganizationsThomas Stelzer Part V: International Civil Society 16. The Humanitarian Initiative as a Condition for the Ban on Nuclear WeaponsFrancois Bugnion 17. The Role of Civil SocietySusi Snyder 18. Reconciliation and DisarmamentMarie-Noelle Koyara 19. The Risks of Nuclear War TodayPaolo Cotta-Ramusino 20. Dealing with Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle EastEmily Landau 21. Nuclear Proliferation in the Middle East: Resolving the DeadlockAyman Khalil Part VI: More Religious Voices 22. We Must Do No LessMonsignor Robert W. McElroy 23. Transforming the Human SpiritHiromasa Ikeda 24. Migrations and WarsMonica Attias 25. The Social and Moral Responsibilities of Knowledge WorkersDrew Christiansen, SJ 26. Preliminary ConclusionsStephen Colecchi Part VII: Closing 27. Salutations Peter K. A. Cardinal Turkson Afterword: The Holy See and Nuclear Disarmament-Achievements and ChallengesArchbishop Silvano M. Tomasi