75 new cities join Mayors for Peace on February 1st 2010 
We have 3,562 member cities from 134 countries and regions.
ICNND Report – Civil Society Response (December 15, 2009)
NGO representatives, including the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, announced
a joint statement on the report compiled by the International Commission
on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND). [Reference: ICNND Report]
Mayors for Peace Newsletter No.28(PDF file)
(November 24, 2009)
Participation in the 62nd Annual DPI/NGO Conference (September 15, 2009)
Mayors for Peace Nagasaki Appeal (August 10, 2009)
The 7th General Conference of Mayors for Peace was held in Nagasaki City (August 10, 2009)
Participation in the third meeting of International Commission on Nuclear
Non-proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND) (June 24, 2009)
US Conference of Mayors (USCM)77th Annual Meeting
(June 18, 2009)
President Akiba sends a message to the One-Hundred-Day Countdown to the
International Day of Peace(June 11, 2009)
Protest against nuclear test conducted by DPRK(May 26, 2009)
Participation in the 2009 NPT PrepCom: Third Preparatory Committee meeting
to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference(May 25, 2009)

Mayors for Peace launched an "Emergency Campaign to Ban Nuclear Weapons"
to promote its "2020 Vision," a program to eliminate all nuclear
weapons by the year 2020, the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings in
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Attending the 2008 NPT Preparatory Committee (April 2008)
Representatives, including mayors, from Mayors for Peace member cities
comprised the Mayoral Delegation, and attended the Preparatory Committee
for the NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) Review Conference held in
Geneva, Switzerland. President Akiba delivered a speech at the NGO session
and also announced the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol.
Mayors for Peace supports AFS Petition for a Global Expansion of Educational
Youth Exchange Programs
AFS is sponsoring a major, high profile undertaking for its 60th anniversary
year that will be a Petition Drive to gather signatures in supports of
a global expansion of youth exchange programs. Please join this petition
drive to promote peace through intercultural understanding.
Mayor Akiba and Mayors for Peace Win the 2007 Nuclear - Free Future Award(Oct.23, 2007)
The Franza-Moll Foundaton has given Mayor Akiba and Mayors for Peace its
2007 Nuclear - Free Future Award in recognition of its achievements in
arousing international public demand for the abolition of nuclear weapons
and lasting world peace through the 2020 Vision and other global peace
promotion activities.
Cities Are Not Targets(CANT)project Petition Drive(Feb, 2007)
Please participate in the petition drive associated with this project.
Mayors for Peace will deliver your message to the nuclear-weapon states
and to the United Nations.
Mayors for Peace Wins the IPB Sean MacBride Award
The international peace NGO IPB has given Mayors for Peace its Sean MacBride Peace Prize in recognition of its achievements in arousing international public demand for the abolition of nuclear weapons and lasting world peace through the 2020 Vision (Emergency Campaign to Ban Nuclear Weapons) and other global peace promotion activities.
2020 Vision Campaign International Campaign Secretariat Opened in Ieper, Belgium(July, 2006)
ICJ 10th Anniversary Commemorative Events
On the occasion of 10th anniversary of the ICJ advisory opinion stating “… the threat or use of nuclear weapons would generally be contrary to the rules of international law”, we held commemorative meetings in The Hague (The Netherlands) and Brussels (Belgium) in July 2006. The new campaign, the Good Faith Challenge, Phase II of our 2020 Vision Campaign, launched at these occasions.
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