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1. General Meeting of Mayors for Peace 2020 Vision Campaign association
2. Board of Directors of Mayors for Peace 2020 Vision Campaign association3. Which are the Executive Cities
4. Mission of Mayors for Peace
5. What is the Mayors for Peace?
6. Who are the members?
7. How do I become a member?
1. General Meeting of Mayors for Peace 2020 Vision Campaign association
The General Meeting sets the strategic lines for the campaign body, including campaign plans and budget, at its annual meetings.
The founding members of the General Meeting present at the first General Meeting in Florence in November 2007 were the Mayors of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Florence, Ypres, Malakoff, Hannover, Manchester, Akron (Ohio) and the former Mayor of Laakdal. Since then, we have welcomed the Mayor of Christchurch as a member as well as the new members welcomed at the last General Meeting in November 2008 in Ypres - the Mayors of Halabja, Granollers, Biograd na Moru, Waitakere and Volgograd. Founding Statutes
The members of the General Meeting are:
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Tadatoshi Akiba Mayor of Hiroshima, Japan |
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Tomihisa Taue Mayor of Nagasaki, Japan |
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Leonardo Domeneci Mayor of Florence, Italy |
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Luc Dehaene Mayor of Ypres, Belgium |
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Stephan Weil Mayor of Hannover, Germany |
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Catherine Margaté Mayor of Malakoff, France |
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Donald L. Plusquellic Mayor of Akron (OH), USA |
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Mavis Smitheman Lord Mayor of Manchester, UK |
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Patrik Vankrunkelsven Ex-Mayor of Laakdal and Senator, Belgium |
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Khder Kareem Mayor of Halabja, Iraq |
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Ivan Knez Mayor of Biograd na Moru, Croatia |
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Robert Harvey Mayor of Waitakere, New Zealand |
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Josep Mayoral i Antigas Mayor of Granollers, Spain |
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2. Board of Directors of Mayors for Peace 2020 Vision Campaign association
Nominated November 22nd 2007. The Board deals with management issues and meets at least twice a year. The members of the Board are the Mayors of Hiroshima, Florence, Ypres, Manchester, Akron (Ohio), the former-Mayor of Laakdal, the chief administrator of Malakoff and an interim-treasurer and civil servant from Ypres.
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Tadatoshi Akiba Mayor of Hiroshima, Japan |
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Leonardo Domeneci Mayor of Florence, Italy |
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Luc Dehaene Mayor of Ypres, Belgium |
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Michel Cibot Chief Administrator of Malakoff, France |
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Donald L. Plusquellic Mayor of Akron (OH), USA |
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Mavis Smitheman Lord Mayor of Manchester, UK |
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Patrik Vankrunkelsven Ex-Mayor of Laakdal and Senator, Belgium |
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Filip Deheegher Director Peace Department City of Ypres, Belgium |
3. Which are the Executive Cities of Mayors for Peace
The Executive Cities meet every 2 years. The Executive Conference is authorized to make emergency decisions for the Organization in place of the General Conference with the exception of electing the President and the Vice-President. It was the Executive Cities which decided to establish the 2020 Vision Campaign association so that it remains fully under control of Mayors for Peace..
President CityHiroshima Japan
Vice President Cities
Nagasaki Japan
Hannover GERMANY
Malakoff FRANCE
Manchester UNITED KINGDOM
Muntinlupa PHILIPPINES
Volgograd RUSSIA
Akron U.S.A
Christchurch NEW ZEALAND
Florence ITALY
Laakdal BELGIUM
Executive Officials
Ypres, BELGIUM
Biograd na Moru, CROATIA
Granollers, SPAIN
Halabja, IRAQ
Waitakere, NEW ZEALAND
Map Executive cities Mayors for Peace
4. Mission
Mayors for Peace works to build solidarity and to facilitate coordination among cities that support the Program to Promote the Solidarity of Cities toward the Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons. Its primary goal is to work internationally to raise awareness of the need for the abolition of nuclear weapons. Mayors for Peace is also formally committed to pursuing lasting world peace by working to address the issues of starvation, poverty, refugee welfare, human rights abuses, environmental destruction and other problems that threaten peaceful coexistence today.
5. What is the Mayors for Peace?
In August 1945, atomic bombs instantaneously reduced the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to rubble, taking hundreds of thousands of precious lives. Today, more than fifty years after the war, thousands of citizens still suffer from radiation's devastating after-effects and unfathomable emotional pain. To prevent a repetition of the A-bomb tragedy, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have continually sought to inform the world of the inhumanity and cruelty of nuclear weapons and have consistently demanded their total abolition.
On June 24, 1982, at the 2nd UN Special Session on Disarmament held at UN Headquarters in New York, the then-Mayor Takeshi Araki of Hiroshima proposed a new 'Program to Promote the Solidarity of Cities toward the Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons'. This proposal offered cities a way to transcend national borders and work together to push for nuclear abolition. Subsequently, the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki called on mayors around the world to support this cause.
Mayors for Peace is composed of cities throughout the world that have formally expressed support for the Program that Mayor Araki announced in 1982. In March 1990, the Mayors Conference was officially registered as a UN NGO affiliated with the Department of Public Information. In May 1991, it became a Category II NGO (currently called an NGO in "Special Consultative Status") registered with the Economic and Social Council. As of December 1st, 2008, membership stood at 2, 536 cities in 133 countries and regions all over the world.
6. Who are the members of Mayors for Peace?
Members are invited to a General Conference every four years. A full list of members of the Conference of the Mayors for Peace can be found on the website of the Hiroshima Secretariat.
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7. How do I become a member?
Only mayors can be members of Mayors for Peace, which they can do by registering their city with the organization with a Registration Form (found in the 'Members' section). Once affiliated, all succeeding mayors of that city are automatically members of Mayors for Peace, unless they choose otherwise. To gain membership, send a letter from the mayor or the head of the City Council to the Conference Secretariat stating that your city supports the Program to Promote the Solidarity of Cities toward the Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons and would like to join the Mayors for Peace. Shortly thereafter, the Secretariat will send by return mail a certificate confirming membership.
Membership of Mayors for Peace involves no annual dues or any other financial obligation, though financial contribution is much appreciated and well-needed.
Download the membership Registration Form in English, French, Italian, Portuguese (PT), Portuguese (BR) and Spanish.
