Gombak, 1 August 2022. Nuclear weapons are threat to the existence of human and the world. This is one of the central points voice by speakers in the Conference Pertaining to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW): National Implementation and the Role of Youth.
Prof Farid Sufian Shuaib, the Dean of Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws (AIKOL), in his welcoming remarks, wishes that the current and the future generations, from all backgrounds, will work together to remove our existential threat through the elimination of nuclear weapons as mandated by the Treaty on the Prohibitions of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) which instrument of ratification Malaysia has signed on 30th September 2020. Ms Sahar Haroon, the Regional Legal Adviser of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in welcoming the participants, welcomes the collaboration between IIUM, the Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS) and ICRC in furtherance to the objective of the treaty.
YTM Dato’ Seri DiRaja Tan Sri Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz binti Almarhum Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, the Tunku Temenggong Kedah and the National Chairperson of the MRCS in Her Highness Opening Address underlines the catastrophic humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons and the need for a world free of nuclear weapons. She calls attention to the Plan of Action undertaken by MRCS and ICRC to promote early adoption of national legislation, policies and other measures to ensure full implementation of the TPNW and scale up outreach to young people.
Prof. Emeritus Tan Sri Dato’ Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, the Rector of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) in delivering the Keynote Address reminisces over his late father, a Hiroshima bomb survivor, who repeatedly told the story of the gruesome suffering of the mostly civilian from the scourge of the aftermath of the nuclear attack 69 years ago on the 6th of August.
Two panel discussions on “Youth and Advocacy towards Eliminating Nuclear Weapons” and “Interfaith Discussion on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons” follow the morning speeches.