(A25) Mayors for Peace - Uitnodiging deelname netwerk van burgemeesters dat zich inzet voor nucleaire ontwapening D432075

Gearchiveerd: maandag 8 april 2024 11:36:38 Van: N Kohlen Verzonden: vrijdag 5 april 2024 09:58:46 Aan: Bestuurssecretariaat; Bestuurssecretariaat; Griffie Onderwerp: Uitnodiging tot deelname Mayors for Peace en ICAN Cities Appeal Precisie: Normaal Bijlagen: ICAN Cities Appeal.pdf ;Mayors for Peace ledenlijst Nederland.pdf ;Uitnodiging Mayors for Peace.pdf ;

Geachte waarnemend burgemeester van Rumund, Geachte leden van de gemeenteraad, Namens de stad Ieper (Lead City voor Mayors for Peace België) en Mayors for Peace Nederland nodigen wij u uit om deel te nemen aan Mayors for Peace, een wereldwijd netwerk van burgemeesters dat zich inzet voor nucleaire ontwapening. In een tijd waarin conflict alomtegenwoordig lijkt en de dreiging van nucleaire wapens nog altijd bestaat en verder escaleert, is het van essentieel belang dat lokale leiders zich verenigen om de boodschap van vrede en veiligheid uit te dragen. Mayors for Peace, opgericht in 1982 door de burgemeesters van Hiroshima en Nagasaki als een reactie op de verschrikkelijke gevolgen van nucleaire wapens, heeft zich ontwikkeld tot een wereldwijd netwerk van meer dan achtduizend steden die zich sterk maken voor nucleaire ontwapening en wereldvrede. Als lid van Mayors for Peace zult u deel uitmaken van een wereldwijde beweging die zich inzet voor het voorkomen van nucleaire catastrofes en het bevorderen van internationale samenwerking voor vrede en veiligheid. Door lid te worden van Mayors for Peace kunt u: -

Uw gemeente verbinden met een wereldwijd netwerk van steden die dezelfde waarden van vrede en veiligheid delen. Deel uitmaken van een krachtige lobby voor nucleaire ontwapening op internationaal niveau.

Bijgevoegd vindt u de uitnodigingsbrief van de burgemeester van Hiroshima, waarin ook het registratieformulier te vinden is. Voor meer informatie over Mayors for Peace kunt u terecht op www.mayorsforpeace.org. Ook bijgevoegd de lijst van de Nederlandse leden van Mayors for Peace. Daarnaast moedigen wij u aan om het ICAN Cities Appeal te ondertekenen, een initiatief dat wereldwijd steden en gemeenten oproept om zich uit te spreken tegen nucleaire wapens en zich te verbinden aan het Verdrag inzake het Verbod op Kernwapens. Door het ICAN Cities Appeal te ondertekenen kunnen steden een sterk signaal sturen naar nationale en internationale beleidsmakers over de urgentie van nucleaire ontwapening. Als vertegenwoordiger van de lokale gemeenschap is uw betrokkenheid van grote waarde voor het bevorderen van vrede en veiligheid op lokaal en mondiaal niveau. Bijgevoegd vindt u het ICAN Cities Appeal, dat u kunt ondertekenen om deel uit te maken van de steden die zich inzetten voor nucleaire ontwapening. Gelieve het document in te vullen en terug te sturen naar nukes@paxforpeace.nl om uw ondertekening te bevestigen. Voor meer informatie over het ICAN Cities Appeal kunt u terecht op https://cities.icanw.org/. Voor algemene informatie over de missie van ICAN kunt u terecht op https://www.icanw.org/.

Gelieve bij deelname aan zowel Mayors for Peace als het ICAN Cities Appeal burgemeestersvoorvrede@gmail.com in de CC te zetten voor administratieve doeleinden. Wij kijken ernaar uit om u te verwelkomen als lid van Mayors for Peace en als ondersteuner van het ICAN Cities Appeal en samen te werken aan een vreedzamere toekomst voor ons allemaal. Met vriendelijke groet, Net Köhlen, stagiair Vrede en internationale solidariteit stad Ieper stad Ieper/Mayors for Peace Nederland

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2017

ICAN CITIES APPEAL

Een wereldwijde oproep van steden en gemeenten ter ondersteuning van het VN-Kernwapenverbod Over het Appel

Hoe het Appel te ondertekenen

Kernwapens vormen een onacceptabele dreiging voor iedereen wereldwijd. Dit is waarom op 7 juli 2017, 122 landen voor aanname van het VN-kernwapenverbod hebben gestemd. Alle nationale overheden worden uitgenodigd om dit verdrag te ondertekenen en te ratificeren. Het verbiedt het gebruik, productie en opslag van nucleaire wapens en legt een stevig fundament voor de totale eliminatie van deze wapens. Steden en gemeenten kunnen meehelpen de steun voor het VNkernwapenverbod te vergroten door het ICAN Cities Appeal te ondertekenen.

De burgemeester, griffier of een andere vertegenwoordiger van de gemeente kan laten weten dat zijn of haar gemeente het Cities Appeal ondersteunt door een mail sturen naar nukes@paxforpeace.nl. Deze oproep is in het bijzonder gericht aan steden en gemeenten in landen, zoals Nederland, die het VN-kernwapenverbod nog niet hebben ondertekend.

Tekst van het Cities Appeal ‘‘Onze stad/gemeente heeft grote zorgen over de ernstige bedreiging die kernwapens vormen voor mensen wereldwijd. We geloven dat onze inwoners het recht hebben om te leven in een wereld zonder deze dreiging. Ieder gebruik van kernwapens, opzettelijk of per ongeluk, zou catastrofale, wijdverbreide en langdurige gevolgen hebben voor zowel mensen als het milieu. Daarom verwelkomen we het VN-Kernwapenverbod dat in 2017 door de Verenigde Naties is aangenomen en roepen we onze regering op dit Verdrag zo snel mogelijk te ondertekenen en te ratificeren.’’

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Suggesties voor verdere actie 1. Laat het de Nederlandse overheid weten: informeer de Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken of een andere relevante vertegenwoordiger dat uw gemeente het ICAN Cities Appeal heeft ondertekend. 2. Informeer de media: stuur een persbericht uit waarin wordt aangekondigd dat uw gemeente het Cities Appeal heeft ondertekend en daarmee de Nederlandse overheid oproept het VNkernwapenverbod te ondertekenen en te ratificeren. 3. Informeer de inwoners: verspreid informatie of organiseer een tentoonstelling over de dreiging van nucleaire wapens en de wereldwijde inspanningen om deze dreiging weg te nemen. 4. Desinvesteer publieke gelden: neem maatregelen om ervoor te zorgen dat fondsen die door uw gemeente worden beheerd, niet worden geïnvesteerd in kernwapenproducenten. Zie voor meer informatie: www.dontbankonthebomb.com.

Namens:

Stad / Gemeente

Dutch Members Mayors for Peace per 1-04-2024 city/community present mayor

member since

political party

Culemborg Delft Den Haag

Anno Wietze Hiemstra Oebele Brouwer Anja Schouten Hein van der Loo Liesbeth Spies Jan Brenninkmeijer, wnd Leo Pieter Stoel Lucas Bolsius Tjapko Poppens Femke Halsema Ton Heerts Ahmed Marcouch Marco Out Govert Veldhuijzen, wnd Christine van Basten-Boddin Eric Geurts Bob Vostermans Mark Slinkman Manon Pelzer Lars Voskuil Margo Mulder Joost van Oostrum Daphne Bergman Martijn Smit Elbert Roest Jan Seton Jan Pierik Ronald van Meygaarden Paul Depla Wilma van der Rijt-van der Kruis Ruud van Bennekom Cor Lamers, wnd Ben Tap Renze Bergsma Roland van Kessel Gerdo van Grootheest Marja van Bijsterveldt-Vliegenthart Jan van Zanen

2012-03 2013-07 2019-05 2020-09 2014-04 2012-10 2007-04 2012-06 2017-05 1984-08 2005-07 1986-06 2005-09 2008-08 2005-05 2005-07 2022-09 2013-05 2012-03 2012-05 2007-10 2006-05 2015-09 2008-10 2007-12 2012-05 2014-04 2013-10 2012-12 2013-10 2010-12 2010-09 2010-09 2012-12 2023-08 2020-07 2014-03 1988-02

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Doesburg Doetinchem Drechterland

Loes Van der Meijs Mark Boumans Pieter Dijkman, wnd

2012-04 2014-04 2012-11

Aa en Hunze Achtkarspelen Alkmaar Almere Alphen aan den Rijn Alphen-Chaam Ameland Amersfoort Amstelveen Amsterdam Apeldoorn Arnhem Assen Barendrecht Beek Beekdaelen Beesel Berg en Dal Bergen L Bergen NH Bergen op Zoom Berkelland Beuningen Beverwijk Bloemendaal Borger-Odoorn Borne Boxtel Breda Brunssum Bunnik Capelle aan den Ijssel Castricum Coevorden

Cranendonck

VVD VVD VVD VVD

Eemsdelta

Ben Visser

2014-10

CU

Eindhoven Elburg Enkhuizen Enschede Etten-Leur Geertruidenberg Geldrop-Mierlo Gennep Gilze en Rijen

Jeroen Dijsselbloem Jan Nathan Rozendaal Eduard van Zuylen Roelof Bleker Marina Starman-Gelijns Jan Luteijin, wnd Jos van Bree Hans Teunissen Derk Alssema

Goeree-Overflakkee

Ada Grootenboer-Dubbelman

Goes

Cees van den Bos

2014-04 2020-07 2013-10 2015-11 2015-05 2013-10 2013-04 2012-05 2013-02 2022-05 2022-03

PvdA SGP ongebonden partijloos VVD SGP VVD D66 CDA CDA SGP

Gooise Meren Gorinchem Groningen Gulpen-Wittem Halderberge Harderwijk Hardinxveld-Giessendam Harlingen Heemskerk Heemstede Heerenveen Heerlen Heeze-Leende Heiloo Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht Het Hogeland Heusden Hilversum Hollands Kroon Horst aan de Maas

Hulst IJsselstein Kaag en Braassem Kampen Kerkrade Koggenland Land van Cuijk Landgraaf Lansingerland Laren Leiden Leidschendam-Voorburg Leudal Leusden Maashorst Maassluis Maastricht Medemblik Meerssen Meierijstad Middelburg Midden-Delfland Midden-Groningen Moerdijk Molenlanden Montfoort Nieuwegein Nijmegen Noardeast-Fryslân Noordenveld Noordwijk Oegstgeest Oisterwijk Oldambt Oldenzaal Oosterhout

Han ter Heegde Reinie Melissant-Briene Koen Schuiling Nicole Ramaekers-Rutjens Bernd Roks Harm-Jan van Schaik Dirk Heijkoop Ina Sjerps Alexander Luijten Falgun Binnendijk Avine Fokkens-Kelder Roel Wever Teun Heldens Mascha ten Bruggencate Jan Heijkoop Henk Jan Bolding Willemijn van Hees Gerhard van den Top Rian van Dam Ryan Palmen Ilona Jense-van Haarst Patrick van Domburg Astrid Heijstee-Bolt Sander de Rouwe Petra Dassen Monique Bonsen-Lemmers Marieke Moorman Richard de Boer Pieter van de Stadt Nanning Mol Peter van der Velden,wnd Jules Bijl, wnd Désirée H. Schmalschläger Gerolf Bouwmeester Hans van der Pas Gregor Rensen,wnd Wim Hillenaar Michiel Pijl

Mirjam Clermonts-Aretz Kees van Rooij Marcel Fränzel, wnd Fenna Noordermeer Adriaan Hoogendoorn Aart-Jan Moerkerke Theo Segers Petra van Hartskamp-de Jong Marijke van Beukering Hubert Bruls Johannes Kramer Klaas Smid Wendy Verkleij-Eimers Emile Jaensch Hans Janssen Cora-Yfke Sikkema Patrick Welman Mark Buijs

2007-12 2012-05 2005-02 2020-07 2020-07 2015-09 2020-07 2013-10 2008-09 2012-04 2012-10 2012-05 2008-08 2013-02 2007-10 2010-11 2012-07 2012-10 2013-10 2012-10 2023-10 2014-02 2012-11 2017-03 2013-10 2017-09 2012-08 2008-01 2005-11 2016-03 2008-02 2005-02 2012-06 2005-09 2006-04 2012-07 2007-10 2012-08 2022-03 2019-10 1984-10 2015-09 2019-06 2014-03 2014-04 2014-02 2006-05 2010-03 2012-06 2007-07 2020-08 2012-08 2008-02 2012-07 2016-09 2023-08

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Opsterland Overbetuwe Peel en Maas Pekela Raalte Reusel-De Mierden

Rheden Rhenen Rijssen-Holten Rijswijk Roermond Roosendaal Rotterdam Rucphen Sittard-Geleen Sliedrecht Sluis Son en Breugel Stadskanaal Steenbergen Stein Stichtse Vecht

Súdwest-Fryslân Terneuzen Texel Teylingen Tilburg Tubbergen Uitgeest Uithoorn Urk Utrecht Utrechtse Heuvelrug Valkenburg a/d Geul Veendam Veenendaal

Andries Bouwman Patricia Hoytink-Roubos Wilma Delissen-van Tongerlo Jaap Kuin Arco Hofland,wnd Annemieke van de Ven Carol van Eert Corry van Rhee-Oud Ammerveld Arco Hofland Huri Sahin Yolanda Hoogtanders Han van Midden Ahmed Aboutaleb Marjolein van der Meer Mohr Hans Verheijen Jan de Vries Marga Vermue Hans Gaillard Klaas Sloots Ruud van den Belt Marion Leurs-Mordang Ap Reinders Jannewietske de Vries Jan Lonink Mark Pol

Carla Breuer Theo Weterings Anko Postma Sebastiaan Nieuwland Pieter Heiliegers Jan Westmaas, wnd Sharon Dijksma Frits Naafs Daan Prevoo Sandra Korthuis, wnd Gert-Jan Kats

Veere

Jon Hermans-Vloedbeld, wnd

Velsen Venray Vijfheerenlanden Vlaardingen Vlieland Vlissingen Voerendaal Voorne aan Zee

Frank Dales Michiel Uitdehaag Sjors Fröhlich Bert Wijbenga Michiel Schrier Bas van den Tillaar Wil Houben Peter Rehwinkel, wnd Jan-Willem Wiggers Marga Waanders Sacha Ausems Floor Vermeulen Leendert de Lange Servaas Stoop Bouke Arends Iris Meerts Joris Bengevoord Judith Michel - De Jong Jan Hamming

Voorst Waadhoeke Waalwijk Wageningen Wassenaar West Betuwe Westland Wijk bij Duurstede Winterswijk Wormerland Zaanstad

2017-04 2012-05 2015-09 2006-04 2020-09 2017-04

2023-01 2011-02 2013-01 2006-04 2013-04 2020-07 1986-05 2012-05 2014-04 2020-07 2017-04 2008-08 2012-06 2012-10 2012-10 2016-02 2023-09 2012-07 2012-05 2022-04 1988-02 2022-03 2008-11 2019-09 2016-03 2004-05 2012-06 2017-03 2007-10 2014-03 2023-11 2009-04 2013-03 2008-08 2008-08 2013-03 2017-04 2015-09 2021-02 2023-09 2007-12 1987-04 2012-10 2009-08 2019-06 2020-03 2022-03 2012-06 2005-09 2011-09

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Zeewolde Zeist Zevenaar Zundert Zutphen

Gerrit Jan Gorter Joyce Langenacker Luciën van Riswijk Joyce Vermue Annemieke Vermeulen

2022-03 2012-12 2015-09 2012-08 2012-10

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Mayors for Peace Secretariat c/o Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, 1-5 Nakajima-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0811 JAPAN E-mail: mayorcon@pcf.city.hiroshima.jp Website: www.mayorsforpeace.org

April 2024 Dear Fellow Mayor, I trust this letter finds you well. In August 1945, two atomic bombs instantly reduced the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to rubble, taking more than 210,000 precious lives by the end of the year. The hibakusha—those who barely survived—still suffer from the harmful aftereffects, notably of radiation. While their minds and bodies are in pain, they continue to make their appeal that “no one else should suffer as we have.” With our hibakusha aging, we are determined to have their experiences and strong desire for peace shared and wholeheartedly accepted by future generations, and to have those commitments spread throughout the world. I am convinced that spreading their message will eventually lead to the realization of their most cherished will, the abolition of nuclear weapons. In 1982, Hiroshima and Nagasaki established Mayors for Peace to achieve this goal. It is a nonpartisan, global network of municipalities that is registered at the UN with ECOSOC. Since its establishment, Mayors for Peace has expanded its membership and worked in solidarity with its member cities to call for the realization of a world free from nuclear weapons and lasting world peace.

Presided by the Mayor of Hiroshima and vice presided by the Mayor of Nagasaki along with 10 other mayors of cities from across the world, as of April 1st of this year, Mayors for Peace has grown to 8,378 member cities from 166 countries and regions. In January 2021, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons entered into force, which is the first multilateral treaty to clearly and fundamentally define that nuclear weapons are subjected to total prohibition. This is a proof that voices of hibakusha and those who share their fervent wish for the total elimination of nuclear weapons pushed international society forward. In this context, Mayors for Peace adopted the Vision for Peaceful Transformation to a Sustainable World (PX Vision) and Action Plan (2021-2025) in July of the same year. The Vision sets forth three objectives: “Realize a world without nuclear weapons,” “Realize safe and resilient cities,” and “Promote a culture of peace.” In order to pursue these objectives, we have decided to put a greater emphasis on the expansion of our membership. The growing number of Mayors for Peace member cities is a powerful force building real momentum toward peace and the abolition of nuclear weapons.

To this end, I humbly ask that you share in our sincere message from the atomic bombed cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and join Mayors for Peace to support our initiatives toward genuine and lasting world peace. Sincerely yours,

MATSUI Kazumi President of Mayors for Peace Mayor of Hiroshima

Mayors for Peace Registration Form To Mr. MATSUI Kazumi Mayor of Hiroshima President of Mayors for Peace I hereby express my city/municipality’s support for the abolition of nuclear weapons and desire to join Mayors for Peace.*

Name of the city/municipality**: **This is the name we will use to refer to your city/municipality in our database.

Name of country: Mayor’s name: Title: Mayor’s Signature: Date: Mayor’s office address: TEL:

FAX:

E-mail: Website: Municipal Population:

(as of

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Contact person Name: Title: Position: E-mail: Questionnaire How did you find out about Mayors for Peace? ☐Member City: (Name) ☐NGO/Organization: (Name)

☐Ministry of Foreign Affairs of your country ☐Meeting with Mayor of Hiroshima

☐Other: (please specify)

Please send this form to: Mayors for Peace Secretariat FAX : +81-82-242-7452 E-mail : mayorcon@pcf.city.hiroshima.jp

Note *This registration form implies your city/municipality’s decision to join Mayors for Peace. If your city/municipality requires specific procedures, including approval from your city/municipal council, please submit this form after such procedures are completed. *Mayors for Peace runs several social media sites (Twitter @Mayors4Peace, Facebook @mayorsforpeace) where we would like to introduce our new member cities. We ask your permission to share information about your new membership with our followers. If you agree to the above, we ask that you please provide (1) a photo of the current mayor and (2) a photo that represents your city (landmark, landscape, etc.). Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Mayors for Peace 1.

Outline In August 1945, atomic bombs dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki instantly reduced them to rubble, taking more than 210,000 precious lives. With more than 75 years since the bombings, many survivors (hibakusha) still suffer from the physical and emotional aftereffects of radiation. To spread throughout the world the hibakusha’s ardent wish symbolized in the message that “no one should suffer as we have,” and to ensure it is passed on to future generations, Hiroshima and Nagasaki remain steadfast in our assertion to the world that nuclear weapons are inhumane and continue to call for their abolition. On June 24, 1982, at the 2nd UN Special Session on Disarmament held at the UN Headquarters in New York, then Mayor Takeshi Araki of Hiroshima called for cities throughout the world to transcend national borders and join in solidarity to work together to press for nuclear abolition. Subsequently, the Cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki established “The World Conference of Mayors for Peace through Inter-city Solidarity” (now, Mayors for Peace), composed of mayors around the world who formally expressed support for this call. In 1991, the organization was registered as an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

*On August 5, 2001, the organization changed its name from “The World Conference of Mayors for Peace through Inter-city Solidarity” to “Mayors for Peace.”

2.

Mission The purposes of “Mayors for Peace” are to contribute to the attainment of lasting world peace by arousing concern among citizens of the world for the total abolition of nuclear weapons through close solidarity among member cities as well as by striving to solve vital problems for the human race such as starvation and poverty, the plight of refugees, human rights abuses, and environmental degradation.

3.

Structure 1) Member Cities (as of April 1, 2024)

8,378 cities in

166 countries & regions

Area

Countries & Regions

Member Cities

Asia

39

3,355

Oceania

9

137

Africa

49

438

Europe

41

3,365

North America Latin America and the Caribbean

3

341

25

742

Regions: Taiwan / Palestine / Northern Cyprus (Asia), Northern Mariana Islands / French Polynesia (Oceania), Somaliland (Africa), Kosovo(Europe), Greenland (North America), Puerto Rico (Latin America and the Caribbean)

2) Executive Cities The following 21 cities are executive cities (From oldest to newest). President City: Hiroshima (Japan) Vice President Cities:

Executive Cities:

Nagasaki (Japan)

Santos (Brazil)

Hannover (Germany)

Wellington (New Zealand)

Malakoff (France)

Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Muntinlupa (Philippines)

Bangkok (Thailand)

Manchester (UK)

Cartago (Costa Rica)

Ypres (Belgium)

Tehran (Iran)

Granollers (Spain)

Grigny (France)

Halabja (Iraq)

Cervia (Italy)

Biograd na Moru (Croatia)

Evora (Portugal)

Des Moines (US) Montreal (Canada)

*Underlined are Lead Cities in charge of their regional chapter: 19 cities

3) Secretariat Address : c/o Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation 1-5 Nakajima-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0811 JAPAN E-mail

: mayorcon@pcf.city.hiroshima.jp

Website : www.mayorsforpeace.org

4.

How to Join 1) Registration Process i.

If your city/municipality would like to join us, please send a “Registration Form” to the Secretariat.

ii.

The Secretariat registers its new member cities once a month (around the 20th).

iii.

Date of affiliation is the 1st day of the month following the date registration procedures are completed by the Secretariat. “Certification of Membership” will be sent out to newly affiliated cities

after the date of affiliation.

2) Membership Fee 2,000 yen/year

*However, when deemed appropriate, Member Cities can be exempt from Fee payment. Member Cities will not lose their membership if they do not pay the Fee.

3) Member Cities’ Activities (Examples) i.

Promote the petition drive calling for all states to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as soon as possible

ii.

Hold peace-related events such as the Mayors for Peace Atomic Bomb Poster Exhibition and share reports

iii.

Invite mayors of your sister cities and neighboring cities who are not yet members to join Mayors for Peace

iv.

Attend the General Conference

*Please see “Peace-Related Activities Offered to Members of Mayors for Peace” for more activities that member cities will get the opportunity to participate in.

5.

Conferences 1) General Conference Mayors for Peace holds a General Conference once every four years in principle. Hosted alternately between Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the General Conference is an opportunity for member cities to decide and adopt agenda items significant to the organization.

2) Executive Conference Mayors for Peace holds an Executive Conference

10th General Conference (October 2022, Hiroshima)

generally once every two years in one of the executive cities, where executives discuss future initiatives and plans for the next General Conference.

6.

Vision for Peaceful Transformation to a Sustainable World (PX Vision) - Peacebuilding by Cities for Disarmament and Common Security -

1) Outline In order to achieve a world in which all people can perpetually benefit from peace by realizing the total elimination of nuclear weapons and by attaining and maintaining peaceful coexistence between the whole of humanity, subsequent to the 2020 Vision, Mayors for Peace adopted the Vision for Peaceful Transformation to a Sustainable World (PX Vision): Peacebuilding by Cities for Disarmament and Common Security at the 12th Executive Conference in July 2021. Based on this, we build cities where citizens act with a strong sense of solidarity for the ultimate goal of realizing lasting world peace.

2) Initiatives

Lasting World Peace

For cities to ensure the safety

Vision

Action Plan

and security of their citizens from the great threat of nuclear weapons and to attain and maintain peaceful coexistence between the whole of humanity,

Objective A:

Objective B:

Reali e a world without nuclear weapons

Reali e safe and resilient cities

1. Sharing in the hibakusha s earnest wishes

2. Contribute to a sustainable Earth and society: Promoting the SDGs

under three objectives set forth in the Vision, Mayors for Peace member cities implement the initiatives

outlined

in

the

Mayors for Peace Action Plan

Objective C:

Promote a culture of peace 3. Foster and expand international public support

(2021 – 2025) to promote peacebuilding by cities.

4. Promote sustainable development of Mayors for Peace as an organization

[Main Initiatives] 1.

Appeal to the UN and national governments

2.

Mayors for Peace Atomic Bomb Poster Exhibition

3.

Providing opportunities to hear hibakusha’s testimonies

4.

Distribute and nurture seeds from atomic bomb survivor trees (hibaku trees)

5.

Children’s Art Competition “Peaceful Towns”

6.

Peace Education Webinar

7.

Youth Exchange for Peace Support Program

8.

Collaboration with member cities

Speech by the President at the first Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (June 2022, Vienna)

Meeting with Ms. Nakamitsu, UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs (June 2022, Vienna)

Meeting with national government representatives (June 2022, Vienna)

Presentation by a youth from a member city at the Mayors for Peace Youth Forum held in UNOG (April 2018, Geneva)

Planting ceremony of a second generation atomic-bombed Ginkgo seedling by a member city (April 2018, Guernika-Lumo)

Discussions at the Mayors for Peace Youth Exchange for Peace: Support Program for "HIROSHIMA and PEACE" by youths from member cities (August 2019, Hiroshima)

Petition Drive by the President and high school students in the street (August 2022, Hiroshima)

Presenting signatures to the representatives of UN by high school students participating in the petition drive (April 2019, New York)

Holding the Mayors for Peace Atomic Bomb Poster Exhibition by a member city (June 2015, Muntinlupa)

Mayors for Peace Secretariat c/o Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, 1-5 Nakajima-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0811 JAPAN E-mail: mayorcon@pcf.city.hiroshima.jp Website: www.mayorsforpeace.org

Peace-Related Activities Offered to Members of Mayors for Peace Upon joining Mayors for Peace, your city will have the opportunity to participate in activities and programs which reflect the ultimate goal of the Mayors for Peace Action Plan: lasting world peace. We hope you will join us and that together, we will make significant strides towards realizing our goal. Below please find a list of activities which we offer to our member cities:

1. Seeds from Atomic Bomb Survivor Trees Mayors for Peace distributes seeds from trees that survived the atomic bombings to all member cities who wish to receive them. It is our hope that by taking care of these trees, which serve as symbols of peace, member cities can foster the ideals of peace amongst their citizens. Seeds are provided free of charge.

2. Youth Exchange for Peace Support Program Mayors for Peace provides financial and other support to selected youth from member cities who would like to participate in the “International Youth Conference for Peace in the Future” and “HIROSHIMA and PEACE” programs aimed at fostering a better understanding of the realities of the atomic bombings and to inspire proactive contribution to nuclear abolition efforts in their home cities. Financial support will partially cover expenses associated with the programs, such as travel, accommodation, daily allowances, and other various expenses based on Mayors for Peace guidelines.

3. Children’s Art Competitions Based on the art prompt “Peaceful Towns”, Mayors for Peace has held an art competition for children ages 6 to 15 in member cities since 2018 with the aim of furthering the promotion of peace education in younger generations around the world.

4. Atomic Bomb Poster Exhibitions Mayors for Peace calls on member cities to hold exhibitions of Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Posters and other related materials to foster a deepened understanding of the realities of the atomic bombings and strengthen the resolve towards nuclear abolition among their citizens. Posters are available in: Japanese, English, German, French, Russian, Dutch, Spanish, Catalan, and Portuguese Posters are provided free of charge (files can be downloaded from the Mayors for Peace website).

5. Online Hibakusha Testimonies By request, Mayors for Peace can help connect venues in member cities to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum so they can experience online hibakusha testimonies. Available free of charge.

For more information, please contact:

Mayors for Peace Secretariat c/o Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation 1-5 Nakajima-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0811 JAPAN E-mail: mayorcon@pcf.city.hiroshima.jp