Below is a transcript of Maryam Shansab’s speech delivered at the rally on May 2, 2010.
The war in Afghanistan has not brought democracy for the Afghan people or liberated Afghan women nor is the war making Americans safer.
The US has set up a puppet regime in Afghanistan that is so brutal and corrupt that the Afghan people would rather prefer the rule of the Taliban.  Actually the situation of Afghan women is a lot worse now then it was under the Taliban.
So the question becomes, why is the US government perusing these …

My Testimony as a Victim of the Nuclear Bombing
Hisako Kimura
Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
May 2010
I am one of the survivors of the Atom Bomb dropped on the city of Hiroshima.
I ‘m so pleased to share my experiences with you today.
Thank you very much for giving me an opportunity to speak to you.
In 1945, at the time of the bombing, my family of six lived in the city, 700 meters away from the epicenter.
A total of 18 members of our family and relatives experienced the atom bomb. Eight died within 10 days …

Download: PDF of the Declaration
For a Nuclear Free, Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World
Declaration of the Conference International Planning Committee
New York, New York
April 30-May 1, 2010
Our world is facing crises on an unprecedented scale – global warming, poverty, war, hunger and disease – which both threaten the very future of life as we know it, and bring, on a daily basis, death and extreme sorrow and suffering to the majority of our people.
Despite the global economic crisis, we face a situation in which global …

Statement of Pham The Minh at the Disarmament Gathering
New York, May 2, 2010
On behalf of the Vietnamese people I am honored to join you in this international gathering for peace and disarmament! The Vietnamese people know the horrors of war. We are a country without nuclear weapons and care committed to the development of a nuclear free zone in Southeast Asia. As a country that has suffered so much from war, we stand for peace and disarmament.
Two days ago, we celebrated the 35th anniversary of the end …

Speeches at rally and open letters of solidarity from around the world.

“We will rid the world of nuclear weapons.
And when we do, it will be because of people like you.
The world owes you its gratitude.”
-U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, May 1st, 2010