“The People vs. The Bomb: Showdown at the UN” - Updated Edition

Wednesday, August 6, 2008: 7:00 AM, 1:00 PM, 11:00 PM

On Wednesday, August 6, 2008, the 63rd anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, CUNY-TV will present an updated version of “The People vs. The Bomb: Showdown at the UN,” a production of World Opinion Forum, in association with GlobalVision.

U.S. Presidential Candidates Barack Obama and John McCain are seen in the program, along with Christie Brinkley, Ted Turner and Mikhail Gorbachev, who are among dozens of politicians, celebrities, diplomats, mayors, scientists, lawyers, experts and citizens from around the world who address the Nuclear Non-Proliferation crisis at the United Nations.

From World Opinion Forum:

This report by UN World Opinion Forum correspondent Kevin Sanders updates an earlier program on the failure of the last Nuclear Non-Proliferation Review Conference at the UN in 2005, when the Bush Administration blocked discussion of earlier agreements on nuclear disarmament. Then-Secretary-General of the UN Kofi Annan called the failure “a real disgrace.”

Others appearing in the program include former UN nuclear weapons inspector Hans Blix, Mikhail Gorbachev, former US Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, former Kennedy advisor Ted Sorensen, the Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, anti-nuclear activist Dr Helen Caldicott, World Court Justice Weeramantry, former Canadian Disarmament Minister Senator Douglas Roche and the late Nobel Peace Laureate Joseph Rotblat--who worked on the Manhattan Project that built the bomb--together with citizens, youth groups and peace organizations from around the world.

In addition to highlights of UN presentations, “The People vs. The Bomb” also features scenes from a mass anti-nuclear rally in Central Park, and excerpts from the historic hearings on the legality of nuclear weapons at the World Court in The Hague, together with updates on developments worldwide as governments, groups and citizens press for the elimination of nuclear weapons.

The program concludes with statements by the two major party presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain on issues of nuclear proliferation, nuclear testing, disarmament and the abolition of nuclear weapons.