 32 new cities join Mayors for Peace. (May. 12, 2008)
On May 12, 2008, 32 cities newly joined Mayors for Peace , and we have
2,226member cities from 129 countries and regions. 
Mayors for Peace Newsletter No.26(PDF file)
(Feb. 1, 2008)
The membership stands over 2000. (Jan. 28, 2008)
On January 28, 2008, 46 cities newly joined Mayors for Peace , and we have
2,028 member cities from 127 countries and regions.
7th Executive Conference of Mayors for Peace
(Nov. 30, 2007)
The 7th Executive Conference of Mayors for Peace took place in Florence,
Italy. At the Conference, we approved a new phase of our 2020 Vision Campaign.
Summit of Mayors for Peace in Florence(Nov. 19, 2007)
The City of Florence and IPB-Italy will hold the Summit of Mayors for Peace in Florense, Italy on November 23.
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.
Attending the 50th anniversary commemorative workshop of Pugwash Conference(July 12, 2007)
President
Akiba attended the “Disarmament Workshop ‘Revitalizing Nuclear Disarmament’”,
which was a commemorative event for the 50th anniversary of the
Pugwash Conferences, held in Pugwash,Canada. He asked all to concentrate the power of the citizens and to realize the
nuclear weapon-free world by the year 2020.
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. We are promoting Cities Are Not Targets, a concrete, global project of the Good Faith Challenge, a new aspect of our 2020 Vision Campaign for the abolition of nuclear weapons. We trust we can count on your continued cooperation and support.
Please tell the nuclear powers that Cities Are Not Targets!
(Mar. 9, 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.
Letters from the City of Hiroshima demanding the de-targeting and non-targeting of cities.
(Feb. 22, 2007)
We ask that all members of Mayors for Peace and all cities around the world write your own letters to your national governments and the governments of the nuclear-armed nations reiterating that "Cities Are Not Targets".
2020 Vision Campaign International Campaign Secretariat Opened in Ieper, Belgium
To better promote the 2020 Vision Campaign to Ban Nuclear Weapons, Mayors for Peace, with assistance from the government of Ieper, Belgium, opened a new International Secretariat on July 2006.
Mayors for Peace supports Live Earth and the SOS Campaign (May.31, 2007)
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.
Attending the 70th Anniversary of the Bombing of Gernika
President Akiba attended the 70th Anniversary of the Bombing of Gernika.
He called for the solidarity of cities in the world and signed the "Gernika
Declaration" which is a written pledge directed towards the avoidance
of attacks on cities and the realization of a peaceful world.
Attending
the 2007 NPT Preparatory Committee
Representatives, including mayors, from member cities of Mayors for Peace comprises Mayoral Delegation,
and attended the Preparatory Committee for the NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty) Review Conference held in Vienna, Austria, and President Akiba delivered
a speech at the NGO session.
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.
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.
Mayoral Delegation of Mayors for Peace participated in the NPT Review Conference
A mayoral delegation organized by Mayors for Peace participated in the Review Conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in May 2005. This mayoral delegation attended Peace March and Rally, visited national missions, attended conference sessions, held its own conference, and called for the abolition of nuclear weapons at every possible opportunity.
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We are working to establish Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Study Courses communicating academically the facts of atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in universities and colleges around the world.
Hiroshima Peace Site
Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Website
We want the world to know the facts about the atomic bombings. We want to stimulate public demand for the abolition of nuclear weapons. For these purposes, we will be glad to loan you our Hiroshima-Nagasaki A-bomb posters.
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