| Jun, 1982 |
At the 2nd UN Special Session on Disarmament held at UN Headquarters in New York, Mayor of Hiroshima proposed the Solidarity of Cities toward the Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons |
| Jan, 1983 |
Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki issued first call to 72 cities in 23 countries |
| Aug, 1985 |
General Conference of the 1st World Conference of Mayors for Peace through
Inter-city Solidarity held in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan (100 cities
in 23 countries participated) |
| May, 1987 |
The 1st Executive Conference of the World Conference of Mayors for Peace
through Inter-city Solidarity held in Hannover, Germany |
| Apr, 1988 |
The 2nd Executive Conference of the World Conference of Mayors for Peace
through Inter-city Solidarity held in Como, Italy |
| Jun, 1988 |
Mayors of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Como and Vancouver attended 3rd Special
Session on Disarmament at United Nations Headquaters and appealed for intercity
solidarity for the abolition of nuclear weapons |
| Aug, 1989 |
General Conference of the 2nd World Conference of Mayors for Peace through Inter-city Solidarity held in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan (119 cities in 27 countries participated) |
| Jan, 1991 |
Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki attended Partial Test Ban Treaty Amendment
Conference and called for immediate and total ban on nuclear tests |
| Proposed to member cities that they issue demands to the countries involved
for an end to the Persian Gulf War |
| Mayor of Sacramento attended UN Economic and Social Council NGO Committee Metting and received an endorsement to register in Category II |
| May, 1991 |
Registerd as a Category II NGO(currently called a NGO in "Special
Consultative Status") of the UN Economic and Social Council |
| Oct, 1991 |
The 3rd Executive Conference of the World Conference of Mayors for Peace
through Inter-city Solidarity held in Sacramento, USA |
| Apr, 1993 |
Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki attended NGO Special Session on Disarmament and appealed for the total elimination of nuclear weapons and lasting world peace |
| Aug, 1993 |
General Conference of the 3rd World Conference of Mayors for Peace through
Inter-city Solidarity held in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan (122 cities
in 38 countries participated) |
| Apr, 1995 |
Delegation attended the Review and Extension Conference of the Nuclear
Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) and opposed indefinite extension of the
treaty |
| Jun, 1995 |
Asia and Pacific Regional Conference of World Conference of Mayors for Peace through Inter-city Solidarity held
in Hiroshima, Japan (57 cities in 13 countries participated) |
| Jul, 1995 |
Protest against resumption of French nuclear test |
| [A-bomb exhibition held in Washinngton D.C. (US); July 8~ July 27] |
| Aug, 1995 |
Protest against Chinese nuclear test |
| Sep, 1995 |
Protest against French nuclear test |
| Oct, 1995 |
Protest against French nuclear tests (twice) |
| The 4th Executive Conference of the World Conference of Mayors for Peace
through Inter-city Solidarity held in Volgograd, Russia |
| Nov, 1995 |
Protest against French nuclear test |
| Dec, 1995 |
Protest against French nuclear test |
| Jan, 1996 |
Protest against French nuclear test |
| May, 1996 |
Held Geneva Conference of the World Conference of Mayors for Peace through Inter-city Solidarity (attended by 8 cities in 6 countries) |
| Jun, 1996 |
Protest against Chinese nuclear test |
| Jul, 1996 |
Protest against Chinese nuclear test |
| Aug, 1996 |
[A-bomb exhibition held in Colomubia(US), August 20~September 1] |
| Mar, 1997 |
[A-bomb exhibition held in Perugia and Assisi, Italy; March 1~March 31] |
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Aug, 1997
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General Conference of the 4th World Conference of Mayors for Peace through
Inter-city Solidarity held in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan(117 cities
in 33 countries participated)
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Sep, 1997
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Protest against US sub-critical
nuclear test
|
| [A-bomb exhibition held in New York City (US); September
2~October 9] |
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Jan, 1998
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Questionnaire survey conducted
on the possibility of cooperation between the Mayors Conference
and NGOs (target: 186 international disarmament NGOs)
|
| [A-bomb exhibition held in Mumbai, India; January 30~February 19] |
| Feb, 1998 |
[A-bomb exhibition held in Valencia, Spain; February 17~March
29] |
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Mar, 1998
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Protest against US sub-critical
nuclear test
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| Apr, 1998 |
[A-bomb exhibition held in New Delhi, India; April 10~May 15] |
| [A-bomb exhibition held in Aosta, Italy; April 18~June 30] |
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May, 1998
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[A-bomb exhibition held in Como, Italy; May 2~May 29] |
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Protest against Indian nuclear tests (twice)
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Protest against Pakistani nuclear tests (twice)
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Jun, 1998
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Member cities in India and
Pakistan requested to strive to raise public consciousness
concerning nuclear weapons abolition
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Jul, 1998
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Representatives attended the international peace conference in Como, Italy,
communicating the reality of the A-bomb and the desire for the elimination
of nuclear weapons
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Sep, 1998
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Protest against US sub-critical
nuclear test
|
| Oct, 1998 |
[A-bomb exhibition held in Boston, Massachusetts (US); October
15~January 3] |
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Dec, 1998
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Protest against US sub-critical
nuclear tests
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Protest against Russion sub-critical
nuclear tests (twice)
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Feb, 1999
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Protest against US sub-critical
nuclear test
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May, 1999
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Representatives sent to Hague
Appeal for Peace 1999 held in The Hague, Netherlands (mayors
of Hiroshima and Nagasaki)
In conjunction with the Hague Appeal for Peace 1999, joint
sponsorship with the International Association of Peace
Messenger Cities, held the Hague Conference of the World
Conference of Mayors for Peace through Inter-city Solidarity
(22 cities in 12 countries represented)
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| Aug, 1999 |
[A-bomb exhibition held in Leeds, England; August 14~October 3] |
| [A-bomb exhibition held in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; August 22~September
12] |
| Sep, 1999
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A-bomb exhibition held in Almaty, Kazakhstan; September 9~September 15] |
|
Protest against US sub-critical
nuclear test
|
| Oct, 1999 |
[A-bomb exhibition held in Geneva, Switzerland; October
23~October 31] |
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Nov, 1999
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Protest against US sub-critical
nuclear test
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Feb, 2000
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Protest against US sub-critical
nuclear test
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Protest against Russian sub-critical
nuclear test
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Mar, 2000
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Protest against US sub-critical
nuclear test
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Conducted questionnaire survey on Mayors Conference (target: member cities)
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Apr, 2000
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Protest against US sub-critical
nuclear test
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May, 2000
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Representatives (mayor of
Nagasaki, deputy mayor of Hiroshima) sent to the Review
Conference of the States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation
of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in New York; requests made of various
governments and UN-related persons
|
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Aug, 2000
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Protest against US sub-critical
nuclear test
|
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Sep, 2000
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5th Executive Conference of the World Conference of Mayors for Peace through
Inter-city Solidarity held in Hannover, Germany
|
| Protest against Russian sub-critical
nuclear test |
| [A-bomb exhibition held in Santa barbara, US; September 1~September 29] |
| [A-bomb exhibition held in Wien, Austria; September 5~October 30] |
| Oct, 2000 |
[A-bomb exhibition held in Murfreesboro, US; October 7~October 28] |
| Nov, 2000 |
Protest against Russian sub-critical
nuclear test |
| [A-bomb exhibition held in Hannovor, Germany; November 20~December 8] |
| Dec, 2000 |
Protest against US sub-critical
nuclear test |
| May, 2001 |
Conducted questionnaire survey of major universities worldwide regarding
establishment of Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Study Courses |
| Aug, 2001 |
The 5th World Conference of Mayors for Peace through
Inter-city Solidarity held in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan(105 cities
and 2 organizations in 28countries participated)
Renames The World Conference of Mayors for Peace through Inter-city Solidarity
as "Mayors for Peace" |
| Sep, 2001 |
Protest against US sub-critical
nuclear test
|
| [A-bomb exhibition held in Volgograd, Russia; September 8~October 7] |
| [A-bomb exhibition held in Oberlin, US; September 9~September 22] |
| Dec, 2001 |
Protest against US sub-critical
nuclear test |
| Feb, 2002 |
Protest against US and UK sub-critical nuclear test |
| Mar, 2002 |
[A-bomb exhibition held in Christchurch, New Zealand; March 16~April 21] |
| May, 2002 |
[A-bomb exhibition held in Wellington, New Zealand; May1~May 12] |
| Jun, 2002 |
Protest against US sub-critical
nuclear test |
| Aug, 2002 |
Protest against US sub-critical
nuclear test |
| Sep, 2002 |
Protest against US sub-critical
nuclear test |
| [A-bomb exhibition held in Auckland, New Zealand; September 24~Octorber
17] |
| Nov, 2002 |
[A-bomb exhibition held in Otawa, Canada; Nobember 21~March 17] |
| Mar, 2003 |
Urging them to avoid military attacks on Iraq, sends Statement to the United
States, Iraq and the United Nations |
| Apr, 2003 |
Mayor of Hiroshima participated in and delivered a speech at the NPT Review
Conference Preparatory Committee meeting(NPT PrepCom) at the UN European
Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland |
| Co-sponsored a workshop with the International Association of Lawyers Against
Nuclear Arms(IALANA) and the International Network of Engineers and Scientists
Against Proliferation(INESAP) |
| Sep, 2003 |
Protest against US sub-critical nuclear test |
| [A-bomb exhibition held in Atlanta, US; September 15~November 15] |
| Oct, 2003 |
6th Executive Conference of the Mayors for Peace held in Manchester, UK |
| Launched "Emergency Campaign to Ban Nuclear Weapons", now called
the 2020 Vision Campaign |
| [A-bomb exhibition held in Coventry, UK; Octorber 3~Octorber 29] |
| Feb, 2004 |
A-bomb exhibition held in Manchester, UK; February 3~February 27] |
| Apr, 2004 |
Mayoral delegation led by the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki participated
in the NPT PreCom at the UN Headquarters in New York |
| May, 2004 |
Protest against US sub-critical nuclear test |
| [A-bomb exhibition held in Leeds, England; May 28~June 18] |
| Aug, 2004 |
Protest against Russian sub-critical nuclear test |
| Sep, 2004 |
[A-bomb exhibition held in Aubagne, France; September 14~September 15] |
| Oct, 2004 |
Received 2004 World Citizenship Award by The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
|
| Jan, 2005 |
[A-bomb exhibition held in Nantes, France; January 11~Feburary 27] |
| Mar, 2005 |
[A-bomb exhibition held in Compton, US; March 18~April 22] |
| May, 2005 |
Mayoral delegation led by the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki participated
in the NPT Review Conference at the UN Headquarters in New York |
| Aug, 2005 |
The 6th General Conference of Mayors for Peace Commemorating the 60th Annversary
of the Atomic Bombings held in Hiroshima, Japan(92 cities and 4 organizations
in 28countries, 14 Governments and 7 NGOs participated) |
| [A-bomb exhibition held in Saint Paul, US; August 25~September 15] |
| Sep, 2005 |
[A-bomb exhibition held in Paris, France; September 5~October 4] |
| Feb, 2006 |
Protest against US and UK sub-critical nuclear test |
| Jun, 2006 |
[A-bomb exhibition held in Vancouver, Canada; June 9~June 30] |
| Jul, 2006 |
Launched Good Faith Challenge and Cities Are Not Targtes (CANT) project, Phase II of 2020 Vision Campaign, at events in The Hague, Netherlands commemorating 10th anniversary of ICJ advisory opinion
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| Protest against missile tests by DPRK, US, Russia and India |
| Aug, 2006 |
Released statement protesting escalation of violence in Middle East |
| Protest against US sub-critical
nuclear test |
| Sep, 2006 |
Mayors for Peace receives Sean MacBride Peace Prize from the International Peace Bureau. |
| Mayor Akiba visited Finland and Norway and delivered a speech at IPPNW. |
| United Nations International Day of Peace Observance and Poster |
| Oct, 2006 |
Protest against DPRK's Statement of its plan to conduct a nuclear weapon test |
| Protest against DPRK nuclear test |
| Nov, 2006 |
[A-bomb exhibition held in Portland, USA; November 2~Novemver 29] |
| Feb, 2007 |
Launched Cities Are Not Targets (CANT) project Petition Drive. |
| Apr, 2007 |
Mayoral delegation led by the mayor of Hiroshima participated in the 70th anniversary of the bombing in Guernica, Spain and the NPT PreCom in Vienna, Austria. |
| May, 2007 |
Issued Letter of Request to Pakistan to cease atomic bomb development |
| Jul, 2007 |
Attended the 50th Anniversary Event of Pugwash Conferences in Pugwash Village, Canada |
| Oct, 2007 |
Mayors for Peace and Mayor Akiba won "the 2007 Nuclear-Free Future Award". Mayor Akiba attended the Awards Ceremony in Sulzburg, Austria. |
| Mayor Akiba attended the World Peace Forum held by international exchange group AFS, whose goal is peace. |
| Mayor Akiba attended the UCLG World Congressin Jeju, Korea. The Jeju Declaration includes support for our CANT project and was adopted at the World Congress. |
| [A-bomb exhibition held at DePaul University in Chicago city, the U.S.A; October 15~January 21, 2008] |
| Nov, 2007 |
Mayor Akiba visited Copenhagen in Denmark and Stockholm in Sweden to ask for further support for the activities of Mayors for Peace. |
| The 7th Executive Conference of Mayors for Peace took place in Florence, Italy. We approved a new phase of our 2020 Vision Campaign and established "The 2020 Vision Campaign Association". |
| Jan, 2008 |
Over 2000 cities joined Mayors for Peace. |
| Feb, 2008 |
Started to request Japanese cities to join Mayors for Peace. |
| Apr, 2008 |
Mayor Akiba attended NPT PreCom in Geneva, Switzerland and announced the "Hiroshima Nagasaki Protocol". |
| Jun, 2008 |
Sent the solicitation document to the heads of municipalities to sign " Hiroshima Nagasaki Protocol". |
| Aug, 2008 |
[A-bomb exhibition held in Sao Paulo, Brazil; August 2~September 7] |
| Thanks to cooperation from the Coop Hiroshima and the Hiroshima Toyo Carp baseball team, "Orizuru (paper crane) Night Game" to call for peace was held in conjunction with an official professional baseball game. |
| Oct, 2008 |
Mayor Akiba visited UN Headquarters in New York and submitted some of the 370,221 collected signatures for the petition "Cities Are Not Targets (CANT)" to the UN Secretary-General, which appealed that the abolition of nuclear weapons is the common wish amongst the people all over the world. |
| Nov, 2008 |
Mayor Akiba attended the meeting of the Board of Directors of the 2020 Vision Campaign Association in Ypres, Belgium. He also visited some member cities in Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg and asked the mayors and the Prime minister of Belgium for further support for the activities of Mayors for Peace. |
| May, 2009 |
Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki attended the NPT PreCom in New York. Mayor of Hiroshima appealed to abolish nuclear weapons by 2020 calling the world's majority supporting a world without nuclear weapons the "Obamajority". |
| Protest against DPRK nuclear test. |
| Jun, 2009 |
Mayor Akiba attended the 77th General Assembly of the US Conference of Mayors, where a favorable resolution of the activities on the Mayors for Peace was adopted. |
| Mayor Akiba attended the 3rd ICNND in Moscow, Russia and asked for further support for Mayors for Peace to abolish nuclear weapons by 2020. |
| Aug, 2009 |
The 7th General Conference of Mayors for Peace was held in Nagasaki and adopted the Nagasaki Appeal and the Action Plan. |
| Sep, 2009 |
Mayor Akiba attended the 62nd Annual DPI/NGO Conference in Mexico City, appealed the importance of the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol in the NPT Review Conference in 2010 as a concrete road map to abolish nuclear weapons by 2020. |
