61 new members Mayors for Peace in September 2007 - support needed
October 1, 2007
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Next General Conference of Mayors for Peace August 2009, Nagasaki
During September 2007 Mayors for Peace welcomed 61 new member cities and municipalities. On October 1st the network involves 1,793 cities in 122 countries and regions around the world. The latest member cities are from Australia (1), Belgium (1), Canada (4), Costa Rica (1), Cyprus (1), Czech Republic (1), Estonia (1), France (1), Italy (40), Netherlands (4), Portugal (1) and US (5). This means an average of 2 cities have joined Mayors for Peace every single day during September 2007. This average doubled compared to the previous months, and will need to increase further to reach our goal of 2,020 members by the end of the year.
Support needed: 2,020 members before January 1st 2008
With renewed efforts we want to reach our capacity-building target set for the 25th anniversary of the Mayors for Peace: before the end of 2007 our aim is to have 2,020 members united in their call for the elimination of all nuclear weapons by 2020. We call upon Mayors and civil society to support us. Make it a priority to reach out to Mayors in your region and country and assist us to welcome another 227 Mayors to join the 2020 Vision campaign before January 1st 2008. We encourage Mayors of member cities to invite their sistercities and mayors in their region to join. We call all concerned citizens and especially the members of the Abolition 2000, the global network of over 2000 NGO's, to ban nuclear weapons, to increase efforts and reach out to local authorities. Please consider using a cross-party letter of Mayors member of Mayors for Peace to invite their national colleagues to become part of our fast-growing network.
Don't hesitate to contact the campaign office if you need some advise or support. We can mail you a membership recruitment letter from the Mayor of Hiroshima and President of the Mayors for Peace, Mr. Tadatoshi Akiba, which you are welcome to use when you contact Mayors. We can also mail you an example of successful cross-party letter and of course the membership registration form.
