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The 7th General Conference of Mayors for Peace
Date: August 7 (Fri) to 10 (Mon)
Venue: Nagasaki City
 (Nagasaki Brick Hall, and
Hotel New Nagasaki
)
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Public relations materials
Mayors for Peace Document Pack (PDF 1.52MB)

Mayors for Peace (General outline, 2pages, PDF 2.51MB)

Mayors for Peace (Full PR packet, 7pages, PDF 4.59MB)

About us
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Member Cities   Updated
How to Join

Activities
6th general conference

Speeches
NPT Review Conference 3rd Preparatory Committee (May 5, 2009)
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Photo Gallery
Photographs of our main activities.   Updated
Publications
Annual Report 2008
Progress Report 2009

Peace related issues
Peace Declaration
Hiroshima
Nagasaki

Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Study Course
Communicating academically the facts of atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in universities and colleges around the world.

Hiroshima Peace Site
The Official Web Site of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Website
The Official Web Site of Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum

Atomic Bomb Exhibition
Atomic Bomb ExhibitionWe will be glad to loan you our Hiroshima-Nagasaki A-bomb posters.

  What's New 【Event History】
37 new cities join Mayors for Peace(July 1, 2009) NEW
On July 1, 2009, 37 new cities joined Mayors for Peace. We now have 2,963 member cities from 134 countries and regions.
Final call for the registration for the 7th General Conference of Mayors for Peace (June 30, 2009)NEW
President Akiba sends a message to the One-Hundred-Day Countdown to the International Day of Peace(June 11, 2009) NEW
Protest against nuclear test conducted by DPRK(May 26, 2009) NEW
Participation in the 2009 NPT PrepCom: Third Preparatory Committee meeting to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference(May 25, 2009)
The 7th General Conference of Mayors for Peace (May 20, 2009)
We will hold the 7th General Conference of Mayors for Peace from August 7 to 10, 2009 in Nagasaki City.   
Mayors for Peace laments the passing of Councillor Bill Risby(February 19, 2009)
Mr. Steve Leeper, Chairman of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, win 2008 Academia Prize in International Exchange from the Academic Society of Japan(February 13, 2009)NEW
Letter of statement concerning the Gaza conflict(January 16, 2009)
2020 Vision Campaign Association Board Meeting and other activities in Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg (November 21, 2008)
Ms. Jacqueline Cabasso, the North American Coordinator of Mayors for Peace won 2008 MacBride Peace Prize (November 14, 2008)
Submission of some of the collected signatures for the CANT petition to the President of the UN General Assembly (October 27, 2008)
Mayors for Peace Statement on the N.S.G decision to grant India a waiver(Sep. 12, 2008)
In conjunction with an official professional baseball game, Orizuru(paper crane)Night Game was held(August 26, 2008)
Questionnaire for the 7th General Conference of Mayors for Peace (August 12, 2008)(Word version) (PDF:140KB)
For member cities. Please download, fill-in and return the Questionnaire asap.
Mayors for Peace Newsletter No.27(PDF file)(July 9, 2008)
CANT project Online Petition(July.7, 2008)
US Conference of Mayors Adopts Resolution for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons by 2020(June.28, 2008)
Cities Appeal in support of the ”Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol”(June. 17, 2008)
Hiroshima Nagasaki Protocol (May. 4, 2008)

2020 Vision Campaign--
Emergency Campaign to Ban Nuclear Weapons

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.


Topics
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)Mayoral Delegation
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
Award ceremony at Helsinki
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 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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