Our History

Our History

New Cities Are Not Targets (CANT) project Petition Drive launched

December 16, 2010
Resolution of Support

United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) adopted a resolution of support for Mayors for Peace activities

November 20, 2010 [Mexico City, Mexico]
Our History

2020 Vision Campaign Association General and Board Meeting held

November 5, 2011 [Manchester, UK]
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President visited Argentina and asked Chief of Cabinet of Argentina for further support

October 2010
Our History

President visited Russia and asked former President Mikhail Gorbachev for further support for the activities of Mayors for Peace

September 2010
Letter of Protest

Letter of Protest against subcritical nuclear test by the US issued

October 13, 2010 [To US / 23 in total]
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– UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited Hiroshima and Nagasaki (the first sitting UN Secretary-General’s visit to Nagasaki) –

August 2010
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President awarded the Magsaysay Award from the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation

August 2010
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The Hiroshima Conference for the Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons by 2020 held

July 27 - 29, 2010 [Hiroshima]
Statement

“Appeal from the Hiroshima Conference for the Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons by 2020” adopted at the Hiroshima Conference for the Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons by 2020 

July 29, 2010
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Membership passed 4,000

July 1, 2010 [4,037 cities in 144 countries and regions]
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President and Vice President (Mayor of Nagasaki) attended the 2010 NPT Review Conference to hand over the 1,577 city leaders’ signatures of support for the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol and 1,024,820 citizen signatures to the CANT project

May 2010 [New York, US]
Resolution of Support

US Conference of Mayors adopted a resolution of support for Mayors for Peace activities

June 15, 2010 [The 78th Annual Meeting (Oklahoma City (OK), US)]
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Mayors for Peace awarded the Awards Gernika for Peace and Reconciliation 2010 from the City of Gernika-Lumo, Spain

April 25, 2010
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All Nicaraguan municipalities (153 cities) joined (World’s 1st country to have all cities become members)

April 1, 2010
Resolution of Support

Japan Association of City Mayors adopted a resolution of support for Mayors for Peace activities (in Japanese)

April 7, 2010 [Tokyo, Japan]
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President visited the US to attend the 78th Winter Meeting of the US Conference of Mayors to request support for the abolition of nuclear weapons and asked President Obama to visit Hiroshima

January 2010 [Washington DC, US]
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President visited Nicaragua to attend the conference and received “the Cultural Order Rubén Darío” from the President of Nicaragua

January 2010
Speech

President’s speech at the 78th Winter Meeting of the US Conference of Mayors

January 20, 2010 [Washington DC, US]