The Mayors for Peace flag was hoisted in front of many German town halls on July 8th, 2015. Flying the flag signifies opposition to nuclear weapons and hope for a peaceful world. A total of 165 German cities and towns joined in the fourth national Flag Day for Mayors for Peace and documented it with press articles and photographs for the German website.
Flag Day is held to evoke the advisory opinion handed down by the International Court of Justice on July 8th, 1996, which concluded that even the threat of using nuclear weapons violates international law.
This year the City of Hannover held the Annual Meeting of the German members of Mayors for Peace on Flag Day, and invited all mayors of the German towns and cities engaged in Mayors for Peace to join the meeting.
In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the day proceeded with an evening lecture entitled “Flirting with the bomb – New nuclear strategies in current geopolitical conflicts” and a supporting program displayed the Mayors for Peace Poster Exhibition and DVD screening “On a Paper Crane”.
>Related story (German Mayors for Peace website, in German)
(Photo courtesy of Ms. Miho Cibot, AFCDRP)