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His Excellency Mr. Barack Obama
President
The United States of America
We have just learned that the U.S. conducted a new type of nuclear test again last November,
following a similar test in September.
These repeated tests compel us to believe that the U.S. intends to maintain its nuclear
stockpile indefinitely. Such actions are completely unacceptable, and on behalf of the 5,111
cities in 153 countries and regions that are members of Mayors for Peace, we once again
vehemently protest.
We urge you to stop betraying our expectations. Please contemplate the agonizing experience
of the survivors who witnessed the bombing, understand their sincere wish for peace, and
strive for the earliest possible realization of a world free from nuclear weapons.
January 10, 2012
The Conference of Mayors for Peace
| Kazumi Matsui |
President |
Mayor of Hiroshima, Japan |
| Tomihisa Taue |
Vice President |
Mayor of Nagasaki, Japan |
| Donald L. Plusquellic |
Vice President |
Mayor of Akron, USA |
| Ivan Knez |
Vice President |
Mayor of Biograd na Moru, Croatia |
| Freddy Thielemans |
Vice President |
Mayor of Brussels, Belgium |
| Matteo Renzi |
Vice President |
Mayor of Florence, Italy |
| Josep Mayoral i Angtigas |
Vice President |
Mayor of Granollers, Spain |
| Khder Kareem |
Vice President |
Mayor of Halabja, Iraq |
| Stephan Weil |
Vice President |
Lord Mayor of Hannover, Germany |
| Catherine Margate |
Vice President |
Mayor of Malakoff, France |
| Harry Lyons |
Vice President |
Lord Mayor of Manchester, UK |
| Aldrin L. San Pedro |
Vice President |
Mayor of Muntinlupa, Philippines |
| Sergey Sokolov |
Vice President |
Acting Mayor of Volgograd, Russia |
| Luc Dehaene |
Vice President |
Mayor of Ypres, Belgium |
| Daniel Tsakem |
Executive |
Mayor of Fongo Tongo, Cameroon |
| Gerald Tremblay |
Executive |
Mayor of Montreal, Canada |
| Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon |
Executive |
Mayor of Mexico City, Mexico |
| Ana Olivera |
Executive |
Mayor of Montevideo, Uruguay |
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