69 new members in February brings Mayors for Peace total to 2,777 members in 134 countries and regions

March 2, 2009
Today Mayors for Peace announced that during the month of February 69 new member cities and municipalities from 14 countries and regions joined the network. With these new additions, the membership count of the network now stands at 2,777 cities and municipalities in 134 countries and regions.
Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba of Hiroshima, President of Mayors for Peace, with Mayor Daniel Termont of Ghent (Belgium) during the launch of the Ghent Peace Forest in November 2008
Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba of Hiroshima, President of Mayors for Peace, with Mayor Daniel Termont of Ghent (Belgium) during the launch of the Ghent Peace Forest in November 2008
Our new members hail from Belgium (3), Brazil (1), Cameroon (3), Croatia (2), France (2), Iraq (3), Italy (1), Japan (44), Luxembourg (1), Norway (1), Peru (1), Spain (5), Switzerland (1) and Taiwan (1).

Our member in Peru is expected to be the first of many as our new volunteer, Magaly Madrid, has undertaken a national membership drive there in recent weeks.

Recent growth in Cameroon is thanks to efforts of our colleagues in World Without Wars on our behalf.

In Spain we continue to see impressive growth with 5 new member cities following the efforts of the city of Granollers, a new Executive city of Mayors for Peace, and Greenpeace Spain.

You can find a full list of Mayors for Peace members here.