The Fukushima catastrophe five years ago, the disgraceful deceit of the
authorities, and the miserable fate and continued suffering of the victims all provide a
dramatic and wrenching demonstration of  the urgent need to confront the
extraordinary threat to human existence 
that we learned about on those grim days of
August 1945. A careful look at the record 
since reveals with shattering clarity
that it is a virtual miracle that humans 
have survived the nuclear threat until
today. There have been innumerable 
accidents which in some cases have been
minutes away from terminal nuclear war, 
not to speak of the criminal adventurism by
the political leadership. As you meet 
today the threat of nuclear war is
visibly increasing. Closely linked are the 
issues of nuclear power and energy that
we should all be contemplating with 
deep concern, nowhere more urgently than
where you are meeting where the evidence  of the extreme dangers they can pose
is so tragically visible. I hope and trust that  this assembly will not only carry
forward the urgent need to save the
 children of Fukushima but will also
provide guidelines for the no less 
urgent need to move our societies to
sustainable and safe energy production 
and will also provide guidelines for
what is lurking not far in the background:
 the struggles that lie ahead to save
humanity from the threat of
destruction that has never been 
remote since it was unleashed in such a
hideous way in August 1945.
