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Founded in 1982 to promote the total elimination of nuclear weapons and the realisation of genuine and lasting world peace

About Mayors for Peace

Mayors for Peace was founded in 1982 by the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to promote the total elimination of nuclear weapons and the realisation of genuine and lasting world peace.

A network supported by the VLGA, Mayors for Peace currently has 2,963 member cities from 134 countries and regions from around the world.

The Australian Chapter is convened by Cr Helen Relph from Macedon Ranges Shire Council in Victoria.

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Hiroshima mayor, China activists win 'Asian Nobel' - see full article here.

For those of you who have been following the media, nuclear weapons have received a great deal of coverage including attempts to reduce their numbers and the gathering of 50 world leaders and nations in Washington in mid April. Here is a valuable summary article from the Age Newspaper.

http://www.theage.com.au/world/bombs-away-20100412-s47c.html

In Prague in early April, the US and Russian presidents moved global disarmament efforts a small step forward by signing a new bilateral nuclear arms reduction treaty. The so-called New Start treaty limits the two countries' arsenals to 1550 deployed warheads each. While the commitments are modest, the pact is a step in the right direction.

But civil society is demanding much more. We believe it is time to move beyond arms control, and focus squarely on outlawing and eliminating nuclear weapons once and for all. With the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference just weeks away, now is a crucial time to act for abolition. Together we can help to fast-track the goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world.

In Germany, a group representing 58,000 physicists has just called for governments to “take the historical opportunity to start negotiations on a Nuclear Weapons Convention for the prohibition and the gradual, verifiable, irreversible, and transparent elimination of all nuclear weapons”.

Japanese campaigners have collected more than six million petition signatures supporting a nuclear abolition treaty. And hundreds of Belgian activists were recently arrested for challenging their government's policy of keeping US nuclear weapons on their territory.

But things don't stop here. On June 5 this year, thousands of people across the world will take part in coordinated actions to mark Nuclear Abolition Day. It will be our opportunity to respond to the NPT review conference outcome. With your help and passion, we can build the momentum for a Nuclear Weapons Convention.

You can help by starting a rally in your area or chipping in $20 or more toward our global campaign. Together we can beat the threat of nuclear weapons worldwide. That would be the best gift this generation could give to the next. Click here to register your Nuclear Abolition Day action.

Current Activity

The activities of the Australian Chapter are outlined here.

To find out what is happening in other chapters across the globe, visit the Mayors for Peace website here.