Almost 3,000 member cities as we approach Hiroshima and Nagasaki commemorations
July 1, 2009
July 1st 2009 - Mayors for Peace now counts 2,963 members in 134 countries and regions on July 1st 2009. The first half of 2009 (January 1st 2009 - July 1st 2009) Mayors for Peace has welcomed 427 new member cities. This is the highest growth of membership since Mayors for Peace was founded in 1982. Only in 2005 (601) and 2008 (555) did the organisation welcome as many members over a 12 month period.
Membership has seen considerable growth in several countries where coordinated efforts were undertaken, with following top 10: Japan (124), Spain (57), Israel (39), Nicaragua (32), Iraq (23), Italy (23), Venezuela (22), Sri Lanka (17), USA (15) and Cameroon (14).
New members were also recruited with 13 in Belgium, 6 in both Sweden and France, 5 in Ireland, 3 in Croatia, Norway and UK, 2 in Brazil, Germany and Senegal and 1 in Austria, Bosnia Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Canada, Colombia, Eritrea, Finland, Korea, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Taiwan and Turkey.
We are sure that this news will be an encouragement for all those campaigning for the elimination of nuclear weapons by 2020.
Monthly detailed updates of new members for 2009 can be downloaded:
July 1st 2009
http://www.mayorsforpeace.org/english/topic/list/newmembers0907.pdf
June 1st 2009
http://www.mayorsforpeace.org/english/topic/list/newmembers_e0906.pdf
May 1st 2009
http://www.mayorsforpeace.be/xls/pdf/newmembers0905.pdf
April 1st 2009
http://www.mayorsforpeace.org/english/topic/list/newmembers0904.pdf
March 1st 2009
http://www.mayorsforpeace.org/english/topic/list/newmembers0903.pdf
February 1st 2009
http://www.mayorsforpeace.org/english/topic/list/59.htm
January 6th 2009
http://www.mayorsforpeace.org/english/topic/list/58.htm
New members were also recruited with 13 in Belgium, 6 in both Sweden and France, 5 in Ireland, 3 in Croatia, Norway and UK, 2 in Brazil, Germany and Senegal and 1 in Austria, Bosnia Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Canada, Colombia, Eritrea, Finland, Korea, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Taiwan and Turkey.
We are sure that this news will be an encouragement for all those campaigning for the elimination of nuclear weapons by 2020.
Monthly detailed updates of new members for 2009 can be downloaded:
July 1st 2009
http://www.mayorsforpeace.org/english/topic/list/newmembers0907.pdf
June 1st 2009
http://www.mayorsforpeace.org/english/topic/list/newmembers_e0906.pdf
May 1st 2009
http://www.mayorsforpeace.be/xls/pdf/newmembers0905.pdf
April 1st 2009
http://www.mayorsforpeace.org/english/topic/list/newmembers0904.pdf
March 1st 2009
http://www.mayorsforpeace.org/english/topic/list/newmembers0903.pdf
February 1st 2009
http://www.mayorsforpeace.org/english/topic/list/59.htm
January 6th 2009
http://www.mayorsforpeace.org/english/topic/list/58.htm
