Mayors For Peace

Mayors for Peace is an international organization of cities, dedicated for the promotion of peace that was established in 1982 at the initiative of then mayor of Hiroshima Takeshi Araki.

The current mayor of Hiroshima, Tadatoshi Akiba, is the President of the organization today.

Mayors for Peace was started in Japan and since then Mayors throughout the World have signed on. When Mayors sign on it means they support the commencement of negotiations towards the elimination of nuclear weapons by the year 2020.

In Hiroshima in 1945 an estimated 140.000 human beings died because of the nuclear explosion. According to the Federation of American Scientists today there are around 26.000 nuclear warheads that together have a total yield of almost half a million times the 15 kiloton Hiroshima bomb.

On February 1, 2011, Mayors for Peace counted 4,515 members in 150 countries around the world.

Read more about Mayors For Peace:  The Mayors For Peace 2020 Vision Campaign, Activities in The USA, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Nomination

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