Kathmandu, June 7 -- Marking 80 years since the dawn of the nuclear age, peace advocates, diplomats, educators, and atomic bomb survivors from around the world gathered for the 'Choose Hope' Symposium recently in Santa Barbara, California.

Co-organised by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (NAPF) and Japan's Soka Gakkai International (SGI), the symposium was inspired by the 2001 dialogue book Choose Hope co-authored by NAPF founder David Krieger and SGI President Daisaku Ikeda, revisiting the ethical and strategic urgency of nuclear abolition.

"This is not just about legacy," said Ivana Nikolic Hughes of NAPF. "We are here to continue the journey they started and to build a world free from the threat of nuclear weapons."

Tomohiko Aishim...