Request to become a nominator of “Japanese citizens”
who have continued maintaining Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution stipulating thorough renunciation of war, for the candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize
(日本語訳はこちらをクリックしてください→ http://nobel-peace-prize-for-article-9.blogspot.jp/2014/01/blog-post_10.html ）
We beg pardon to send a letter of requesting suddenly.
We are an executive committee of “Nobel Peace Prize for Article 9”. We are engaged in signature-collecting campaigns (http://chn.ge/1bNX7Hb)
asking to award the Nobel Peace Prize to the Japanese citizens who have continued maintaining the pacifist constitution, Article 9 in particular, up until present, in order to spread the pacifist constitution in all the countries of the world.
Article 9 stipulates renunciation of war and not maintaining military forces. We think that it is the irreplaceable precious treasure, the point where the cognition of humankind has arrived, and the heritage that should be handed down to posterity, which was born in result of the misery of the wars and the immeasurable sacrifice.
However, the Japanese Constitution is currently under the threat of being revised from pacifism to militarism.
For 68 years after the war, because of Article 9, we, Japanese citizens, have never waged any wars and never killed and been killed in wars. Though other countries have tended to settle problems by use of force, we have continued maintaining Article 9, with repentance for and pain of the past war, as well as wish for happiness and peace in the world. We think that Article 9 will be able to contribute to security and peace of the world which has repeated wars.
To maintain Article 9 is will of many Japanese citizens. Since the Japanese Constitution was made, Japanese citizens have never changed it. Moreover, many Japanese citizens have been committed to various movements and actions, in order to maintain and substantiate Article 9.
The EU was awarded Nobel Peace Prize as an organization. Thus, we think it is possible that Japanese citizens as an organization, who have continued maintaining the pacifist constitution stipulating thorough renunciation of war, would be awarded it, similarly.
In order to nominate for the candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize, it is necessary that qualified nominators according to the attached document submit nominations to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, by February 1 every year.
【Qualified Nominators】
• Members of national assemblies and governments of states
• Members of international courts
• University rectors; professors of social sciences, history, philosophy, law and theology; directors of peace research institutes and foreign policy institutes
• Persons who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
• Board members of organizations that have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
• Active and former members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee; (proposals by members of the Committee to be submitted no later than at the first meeting of the Committee after February 1)
• Former advisers to the Norwegian Nobel Committee
Although as of December 25, 2013, we have one person and one group as our nominators, we would like to have more and more nominators. If many nominators explain from their own positions or perspectives why Japanese citizens are worthy of Nobel Peace Prize, we will come close to realization of our being awarded it.
THE CONSTITUTION OF JAPAN
http://www.soumu.go.jp/main_sosiki/gyoukan/kanri/pdf/22_appendix3.pdf
Please refer to the attachment site for the nomination:http://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/
Best wishes for your continued good health and success.
The Executive Committee of “Nobel Peace Prize for Article 9”
Signature Collection on the Internet:
・http://chn.ge/1bNX7Hb
・http://chn.ge/1dSWvo1
FB：https://www.facebook.com/nobelpeace9jou
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【Qualified Nominators】
• Members of national assemblies and governments of states
• Members of international courts
• University rectors; professors of social sciences, history, philosophy, law and theology; directors of peace research institutes and foreign policy institutes
• Persons who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
• Board members of organizations that have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
• Active and former members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee; (proposals by members of the Committee to be submitted no later than at the first meeting of the Committee after February 1)
• Former advisers to the Norwegian Nobel Committee
【Submission Documentation】
In order to remain open to the various ways in which the qualities of a candidate may be conveyed, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has not introduced a special nomination submission form. The nomination need not be lengthy, but should include:
• the name of the candidate,
• an explanation of why the individual or organisation is considered by the nominator to be a worthy candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize,
• and the name, title and academic or professional affiliation of the nominator.
【Submission Methods】
Common ways of submitting nominations are
E-mail: postmaster@nobel.no
or post:
The Norwegian Nobel Committee
Henrik Ibsens gate 51
0255 Oslo, NORWAY
【Deadline for Nomination】
February 1 of the year in question.
References
http://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/
