被団協 演説で予定外の訴えを追加［2024.12.11］

　被爆者の立場から核兵器廃絶を国内外に訴えてきた日本原水爆被害者団体協議会（日本被団協）へのノーベル平和賞授賞式が10日、ノルウェーのオスロ市庁舎で開かれた。

日本被団協を代表し、長崎で被爆して親族5人を亡くした田中熙巳（てるみ）代表委員（92）は受賞演説で、当初予定にない言葉を加える場面があった。

　田中さんは1994年に制定された被爆者援護法に触れる中で、「何十万という死者に対する補償は全くなく、日本政府は一貫して国家補償を拒み、放射線被害に限定した対策のみを今日まで続けています」と訴えた。

　ここまでは報道機関に対して事前に配布された文案と同じだったが、田中さんは直後に「もう一度繰り返します」と切り出した。

　そして、田中さんは正面を真っすぐ見ながら「原爆で亡くなった死者に対する償いは、日本政府は全くしていないという事実をお知りいただきたいと思います」と強調。「予定外」の訴えを追加し、国家補償を認めていない政府の姿勢を2度にわたって批判した。

■英訳　

The Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony for the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo), which has long advocated for the abolition of nuclear weapons both domestically and internationally from the perspective of atomic bomb survivors, was held on the 10th at Oslo City Hall in Norway.

Representing Nihon Hidankyo, Terumi Tanaka, a 92-year-old chairperson and survivor of the Nagasaki bombing who lost five family members, delivered an acceptance speech that included remarks not originally planned.

In his speech, Tanaka referred to the Atomic Bomb Survivors Assistance Law, enacted in 1994, stating, “There has been no compensation at all for the hundreds of thousands of victims. The Japanese government has consistently refused to provide state compensation and has continued to implement only measures limited to radiation damage up to the present day.”

Up to this point, his remarks followed the script distributed to the media in advance. However, Tanaka then paused and said, “I will repeat this once again.”

Looking straight ahead, Tanaka emphasized, “I would like everyone to know the fact that the Japanese government has done nothing to atone for the victims who died from the atomic bomb.” With this additional, unscripted plea, he strongly criticized the government’s stance of not recognizing state compensation for the second time.

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