Progress Report 2012

Annual Report 2011 Plans for 2012

Mayors for Peace 2020 Vision Campaign www.2020visioncampaign.org Mayors for Peace 2020 Vision Campaign

UN Headquarters, New York, USA, March 24th, 2011 - A permanent exhi- bit displaying more than one million signatures on the Mayors For Peace ‘Cities Are Not Targets!’ petition was inaugurated with a ceremony featuring Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Japanese atomic bomb survivors. (Credit: United Nations)

Credits

Coordination: Matthias Breyne City Hall, Granollers, Spain, November 8th, 2011– Mayor Matsui of Pol Heanna DHuyvetter Hiroshima signs the book of the City of Granollers. The Mayor of Gra- Cristal Ntchantchou nollers, Mr. Mayoral, the President of the Barcelona Provincial Council, Mr. Esteve and the Mayor of Vila-Seca, Mr. Poblet, stand behind him. Editors: (Credit: Mayors for Peace) Pol Heanna DHuyvetter Rachel Hunt Cristal Ntchantchou Aaron Tovish Contents Matthias Breyne Preface 3 Cinthia Heanna Structure 4 Photo editing: International campaigning 6 Aaron Tovish Membership development 8 Matthias Breyne 2020 Vision Campaigners & Ambassadors 10 Cristal Ntchantchou 2012 Featured Region: Latin America and the Caribbean 12 Rosario Giacomazza »» Cooperation with Associations of Local Government 12 »» New Leadership from Cities and Mayors; 2020 Vision Activity reports: Campaigners and Regional Staff 14 Special thanks for additional information to: Activities 16 »» Africa 16 Australia: Mayor Brad Pettitt (Fremantle) »» Asia 16 Austria: Heidrun Konrad (2020 Vision Campaigner) »» Europe 18 Belgium: Matthias Breyne (staff) »» Latin America and the Caribbean 22 Canada: Lucie Lavoie (Montreal) and Anna Jaikaran »» North America 24 Croatia: Jasminka Bajlo (Biograd na Moru) »» Oceania 26 Denmark: John Scales Avery (Pugwash Conferences on Science and Finances and Fundraising 27 World Affairs) Fukushima 2011 31 France: Alexia Berny (AFCDRP) Thanks and Acknowledgements 32 Germany: Wolfgang Schlupp-Hauck (2020 Vision Campaigner) Italy: Lisa Clark (2020 Vision Campaigner) Iran: Shahriar Khateri (Association of Victims of Chemical Wea- Graphic Design: pons, 2020 Vision Campaigner ) Rosario Giacomazza Iraq: Mayor Khder Kareem (Halabja) www.smart-international.com Ireland: Sean Morris (NFLA & Manchester) Japan: Steve Leeper (HPCF) Printing: Latin America & Caribbean: Pol Heanna DHuyvetter (staff) & Cuvelier Graphics Cinthia Heanna (2020 Vision Campaigner) www.cuveliergraphics.be The Netherlands: Bert Sweerts & Benedict Winnubst (2020 Vision Campaigners) New Zealand: Kate Dewes Norway: Mayor Thore Vestby (Frogn) Mayors for Peace 2020 Vision Campaign Association vzw Russia: Inna Plotnikova (Volgograd) City Hall, Grote Markt 34, 8900 Ypres, BELGIUM Spain: Carme Barbany (Granollers) Phone +32-57-38 89 57 Fax +32-57-23 92 76 Sweden: Meit Krakau (2020 Vision Campaigner) E-mail: [email protected] UK: Sean Morris (Manchester & NFLA) Websites: USA: Jacqueline Cabasso (staff) www.2020visioncampaign.org; www.mayorsforpeace.org

2 • Mayors for Peace 2020 Progress Report 2012 Preface

Dear Members, Colleagues and Friends, For Japan, 2011 was an unforgettable year of tragedy. The earthquake and tsunami of March 11th destroyed cities, towns and villages along 500 kilometers of the northeastern coast. The subsequent meltdowns at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant were still emitting radiation at the year’s end. Japan will certainly rise stronger and wiser from this calamity, but recovery will be an ordeal. The worldwide network of Mayors for Peace will continue to offer prayers, sympathies, and whatever material assistance we can to those struggling to recover in the affected areas. For Mayors for Peace, 2011 has been a year of transition. In January, we learned that Mayor Akiba, our leader for twelve years, would not be running in the mayoral election scheduled for April. This announcement took the city of Hiroshima and the entire Mayors for Peace team by surprise, but our campaign continued. In March, three A-bomb survivors from Hiroshima, our North American Coordinator Jackie Cabasso, and our New York Representative Tony Seaboyer went to UN Headquarters in New York to meet with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and attend the opening of a per- manent exhibition of one million signatures on Mayors for Peace ‘Cities Are Not Targets!’ petitions. We assured the Secretary-General and the disarmament community that, despite our change in leadership and despite Japan’s hardships, we are determined to strive to- ward a nuclear-weapon-free world.

The elections took place, and on April 10th, we discovered that our new leader would be Kazumi Matsui, a second-generation survivor who lived in Hiroshima until he was 18, when he left for college in Tokyo. After college, he stayed in Tokyo serving for 35 years in the central government. Most of those years were spent in the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Labor, but he also served for three years in London working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Based on this information, we knew he would bring diplomatic and political expertise, but we did not know what his attitude would be toward Mayors for Peace or what changes lay in store. We soon discovered that Mayor Matsui is determined to give full support to Mayors for Peace and the 2020 Vision. We passed the 5000 mark on September 16th and made our international announcement on September 21st, the International Day of Peace. After achieving 5000 members, we turned our full attention to the Mayors for Peace Executive Conference, which was preceded by Board and General meetings of the 2020 Vision Campaign Association. The resulting meetings were remarkably well attended, well organized and productive. For the first time, we had participants from Africa and Latin America. We addressed fundamental management issues, including ways of sharing the financial burden not only of the campaign but also of the organization itself. And, because these questions were too complex to solve in the time available, we agreed to hold a series of interim staff meetings prior to the Campaign Association General Meeting in Vienna, which will coincide with the first preparatory meeting for the 2015 NPT Review Conference. The theme of the Executive Conference was “from quantity to quality.” Much was made of the 5000-city milestone, but the unanimous consensus of the group was that the time had come to put more energy into communicating with and activating the members we have. To this end, we adopted a proposal from Nagasaki to do A-bomb exhibitions in all 5000 member cities in 2012. In connection with these exhibitions, we intend to collect millions of signatures worldwide on a new petition calling for a nuclear weapons convention. And these activities, along with continued lobbying at the international level, will help us make our 2013 General Conference the largest, highest level, and most important meeting in the history of Mayors for Peace. In fact, our General Conference will lay the groundwork for an unprecedented disarmament summit in Hiroshima in 2015 and the abolition of nuclear weapons in 2020. For details, please see the Exe- cutive Conference Resolution on our website. After the Executive Conference, Mayor Matsui and Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue traveled to Geneva for the opening of a new perma- nent A-bomb exhibition in UN Headquarters. Mayors for Peace is featured prominently in that exhibition. We now have a significant permanent presence in both Geneva and New York, and will continue to develop relationships with our many friends and allies in and around the United Nations. Mayors for Peace has passed through a vital rite of passage. The Mayors for Peace team met for three days with our new leader. Mayor Matsui brings with him the potential for close cooperation with the Hiroshima Prefecture and the Japanese national government. We are all determined to use his contacts and experience to raise our game to the next level. The time has come to involve nations, specifically the Japanese nation, in the quest for a nuclear weapons convention. We hope that you will all be looking forward to the General Conference in 2013, the summit meeting in 2015, but more than that, we hope you will do everything in your power to help these events fulfil their potential.

Aaron Tovish Filip Deheegher Luc Dehaene Secretary Treasurer Chair

Progress Report 2012 Mayors for Peace 2020 • 3 Mayors for Peace 2020 Vision Campaign Structure

Granollers, Spain, November 10th 2011 - The participants in the 8th Executive Conference of Mayors for Peace with the Mayors of Fongo Tongo (Cameroon); Halabja (Iraq); Mortsel (Belgium); Hiroshima (Japan); Granollers (Spain); Zemer (Israel); Nagasaki (Japan); Porto Feliz/FNP (Brazil); Frogn (Norway) and representatives from Malakoff/AFCDRP (France); Volgograd (Russia); Manchester/NFLA (UK & Ireland); Biograd na Moru (Croatia); Florencio Varela/FAM (Argentina); Mexico City/AALMAC (Mexico); Bastogne (Belgium); Hannover (Germany) and Mayors for Peace campaign staff. (Credit: Mayors for Peace)

he 2020 Vision Campaign, launched Conference by Mayor Akiba, accepted: tives of the campaign. It then passes to in 2007, is run by a subcommittee of Florencio Varela (Argentina), Montes the Board of Directors, which meets twice Tthe Executive Conference of Mayors de Oro (Costa Rica), San Borja (Peru), a year, to determine the management of for Peace and has its own international Vitória (Brazil). These additions reflect the the campaign activities which fall within secretariat in Ypres, Belgium. growing importance of Latin American the guidance of the General Meeting. Cities are involved in the campaign either participation in the campaign and Mayors The International Secretariat in Ypres, as executive members (pre-existing, voting for Peace as a whole. Mora’s (Costa Rica) Belgium works along with several regional members) or associate members (new, participation in the campaign came to an offices around the world to implement the non-voting members). The chairman of end in 2011. directions of the Board, monitored by the the board has the authority to appoint Additionally the following cities joined the Daily Board, a bi-monthly meeting of the associate members, whose membership is Executive Conference: Fongo Tongo (Came- chairman of the Board, the treasurer, the then reviewed on an annual basis by the roon), Mexico City (Mexico), Montevideo international campaign director and the General Meeting. Collectively, executive (Uruguay), Montreal (Canada). secretariat manager. and associate members are known as ‘leading cities’. Leadership Additionally, the following cities which The General Meeting, which meets once a had been invited to join the Executive year, sets the campaign policy and objec-

4 • Mayors for Peace 2020 Progress Report 2012 HPCF – Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation

Since its founding in 1982, the Secretariat of Ma- yors for Peace has been housed in the offices of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation in Peace Memorial Park. The President of the Foundation is the Mayor of Hiroshima Kazumi Matsui; its Chair is Mr. Steve Leeper, former Executive Adviser. Aaron Tovish, Pol Heanna DHuyvetter, and Jackie Cabasso continue to serve as Execu- tive Advisers to the President of the HPCF. Since its establishment by the City of Hiroshima in 1967, the activities of the foundation aim to raise peace consciousness and promote in- ternational peace. The Foundation also manages the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, the International Conference Center of Hiroshima, and the Hiroshima City International House. On the picture part of the buildings of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation located in the Hiroshima Peace Park. (Credit: Mayors for Peace) Website: www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp

Mayors for Peace (5136 members as of March 1st 2012)

General Conference of Mayors for Peace in Hiroshima or 2020 Vision Campaign Association Nagasaki (once every four years)

General Meeting (once a year) Executive Conference (once every two years) Executive members: Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Akron, Ypres, Biograd Members (all vice-presidents are in bold): na Moru, Florence, Fongo Tongo, Granollers, Halabja, Hannover, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Hannover, Akron, Ypres, Malakoff, Man- Malakoff, Manchester, Mexico City, Montevideo, Montreal & chester, Muntinlupa, Volgograd, Granollers, Biograd Na Moru, Volgograd. Florence, Halabja, Brussels, Associate Members: Ashkelon, Basel, Bastogne, Fremantle, Frogn, Fongo Tongo, Montreal, Mexico City & Montevideo. Glasgow, Florencio Varela (FAM), Matagalpa (AMUNIC), Montes de Oro, Rio de Janeiro, San Borja, Vitoria (FNP) & Zemer.

Board of Directors (twice a year) Members: Kazumi Matsui (Hiroshima), Luc Dehaene (Ypres) Jasminka Bajlo (Biograd na Moru), Sean Morris (Manchester), Paul Schneider (Hannover), Michel Cibot (Malakoff), Khder Kareem (Halabja), Carme Barbany (Granollers), Donald Plusquellic (Akron), Matteo Renzi (Florence), Irena Elinetskaya (Volgograd), Jean- Paul Nanfack (Fongo Tongo), Ricardo Baptista (Mexico City), Filip Deheegher (Treasurer, Ypres), Aaron Tovish (Ex-Officio member, Vienna).

Daily Board (every two months) Members: Luc Dehaene (Ypres), Aaron Tovish (Campaign Direc- tor), Filip Deheegher (Treasurer), Matthias Breyne (Office Director)

Mayors for Peace Secretariat Hiroshima 2020 Vision Campaign Secretariat Ypres

Progress Report 2012 Mayors for Peace 2020 • 5 Mayors for Peace 2020 Vision Campaign International Campaigning

2012 UPDATE: Semey, Kazakhstan, March 18th 2012 – Inauguration of the Mayors for Peace monument in Semey by the Kazakh authorities (Governor of Ust-Kamenogorsk Serik Taukebayev and Kazakhstan Ambas- sador of Belgium Yerik Utembayev) and the Mayors for Peace Delegation. (Mayor Vestby, Mayor Dehaene, Mayor Knez, Jasminka Bajlo and Aaron Tovish) The town of Semey was formerly known as Semipalatinsk. The Soviet Union conducted 456 nuclear tests near Semipalatinsk from 1949 until 1989 with little regard for their effect on the local people or environment. The full impact of radiation exposure was hidden for many years by Soviet authorities and has only come to light since the test site closed in 1991. (Credit: Filip Deheegher)

n a year in which one attains a milestone such as 5000 mem- in Greece, due to consolidation of several of our members into ber cities, all other accomplishments tend to pale in compa- unified jurisdictions; just when we thought we were about to reach rison. It was certainly marvelous to be able to announce to 5000, in fact, we still had a way to go! So, we designated Septem- I st all our members and stakehoulders on the International Day of ber 21 , the International Day of Peace, our new target date. And Peace that our network now spanned over 5000 cities in more we made it. than 150 countries. Nevertheless, there were other important Here are a few of the many remarkable highlights of the member- developments which we can also take pride in, not least, having ship drive: the United Nations produce a video about our organization. This is • IC-Argentina, an organization that services regional municipal now on permanent display in the UN General Assembly building meetings, wrote to all of its contacts in Latin America urging in New York, as part of an exhibit of over one million signatures them to join. The Argentine Federation of Municipalities also on our ‘Cities Are not Targets!’ petitions. urged its members to join Mayors for Peace. As a result, there 2011 was an appropriate year to focus on membership growth. was a surge in membership in Argentina and Latin American as Our top leadership was headed for its first transition since the a whole. launch of the 2020 Vision Campaign in 2003. After 12 years at • The Mayor of Linz, host of Cities’ Day in Austria, included our the helm of Mayors for Peace, Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba was about recruitment material in the conference packet; the Mayor of to step down; a new Hiroshima mayor, Kazumi Matsui, would Klosterneuburg followed up with a letter to several hundred be assuming control. Any course corrections or new directions cities, and the Austrian Association of Cities sent out a further would have to wait until the next Executive Conference, slated reminder to its members. for November. With membership near 4400 in June, the Board of Directors decided to welcome the new President by launching • The National Front of Prefects (mayors) of Brazil also pitched a global membership drive to reach 5000. The initial aim was to a call to its members to join; Mayors for Peace staff and 2020 reach that number in time for the 66th commemoration of the U.S. Vision Campaigners were invited to their national meeting and atomic bombing of Hiroshima. We were motivated by the hope an op-ed was published in one of the main national newspapers. of giving the new mayor of Hiroshima a chance to announce this • In Belgium, the membership drive concentrated on the French- achievement in his first Peace Declaration on August 6th. speaking region, as two-thirds of the cities in the Flemish At the beginning of August, we found ourselves over one hundred region were already members. Bastogne coordinated the drive short of our goal, but given the help of so many of our new allies and their region’s cities responded handsomely. in running various excellent initiatives, we decided to press on. • Japan set a national objective of reaching 1000 members by the Further complicating the situation, there was a loss of members International Day of Peace and succeeded.

6 • Mayors for Peace 2020 Progress Report 2012 • The United States Conference of Mayors followed through on its These zones comprise the majority of countries in the world and annual resolution and wrote to all of its members. The recru- constitute the most reliable bloc of countries for supporting good itment letter, sent by the Executive Director, Tom Cochran, faith initiatives within the UN system. In 2005 and 2010, Mayors and signed by 13 U.S. members of Mayors for Peace brought for Peace and Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and immediate results. Disarmament cooperated closely with the zones in connection with the 6th and 7th NPT Review Conferences; in this NPT review • The Mayor of Rome wrote to members of his own party to cycle, cooperation will begin in 2012. In a particularly significant increase their representation in Mayors for Peace. An annual development at the end of 2011, thirty three Latin American and bicycle tour between the two NATO bases in Italy where nuclear Caribbean Heads of Government issued a communiqué affirming weapons are deployed was welcomed by member mayors along their “strong commitment to work for the convening of a high- the way and signed up new members as well. level conference on the elimination of nuclear weapons as soon as • For more details and more examples, please see the Activities possible.” While we were not able to facilitate such a stance on a section. global scale in 2011, we aim to do so in 2012. After a global effort sharply focused on quantity, it was only Finally, the Mayors for Peace section of the Office of Disarmament natural that the Executive Conference, preceded by a Campaign Affairs exhibition, War or Peace, in the UN General Assembly Association General Meeting, redirect its attention to quality. building, inaugurated on March 24th, 2011, as mentioned above, To mark the 5000 milestone, and to provide a concrete action for merits special mention. The exhibit showcases in two, three-me- member cities to take, it was decided to challenge every member ter-tall, clear-plastic towers, the 1,024,820 signatures that were city to display a poster exhibit about Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the delivered to the UN during the 2010 NPT Review Conference, as 2020 Vision Campaign in its city hall. The first exhibitions will be explained in a letter displayed between the towers, from then-Pre- in Vienna in May; one at City Hall, the other at the first meeting sident of Mayors for Peace, Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba of Hiroshima. of the 2015 NPT Preparatory Committee. There is also a short, continuously playing, animated video about As 2016 will be a year off for the NPT review process, Mayors for Mayors for Peace. Produced by the UN Office of Disarmament Peace advocates instead the convening of a Special Disarmament Affairs, the Mayors for Peace exhibit is the first permanent UN Conference for governments and NGOs, as well as mayors and exhibit dedicated to the disarmament efforts of those other than parliamentarians. The idea was taken up in New York by Uruguay; governments and inter-governmental organizations. (See cover in total, four meetings involving over 40 countries were held to photo.) discuss the idea. But the initiative stalled, so we switched our Addressing an audience of diplomats, NGOs, media and visiting diplomatic efforts to focus on the Conference on Disarmament hibakusha (A-bomb survivors), UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- and the General Assembly. moon described the exhibit opening as a “landmark occasion” As a means to reach out to Geneva’s diplomatic community, adding: “These one million signatures demanding an end to the the 2020 Vision Campaign organized a seminar in May on the nuclear threat are the voice of the world’s people. This movement catastrophic climate change that would result from even a limited brings together mayors and mothers, like-minded citizens and pe- nuclear war. Top experts from the United States and Switzerland ace groups. They all understand that nuclear weapons make us less laid out the cause-and-effect chain, starting with the incinera- safe, not more.” UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, tion of a total urban area equivalent to one hundred Hiroshimas Ambassador Sergio Duarte and UN Messenger of Peace, Michael and ending with global famine and pandemics claiming, in the Douglas also spoke at the event, and at the event, and, following course of a decade, a billion victims. In light of these new findings, the lead of the Secretary-General, added their signatures to the nuclear deterrence is untenable as a security strategy. The nuclear petition at its conclusion. In the remainder of 2011, more than armed states cannot be allowed to ignore these findings as they 10,000 visitors joined them in signing the petition. have done so far. At this time and throughout the summer, brie- fings were also held in cooperation with several NGOs on reviving UN Headquarters, a 2005 Mayors for Peace initiative. The initiative, which aimed to New York, USA, th establish subcommittees of the UN General Assembly (GA) to car- March 24 2011 - UN ry out the work which the Conference on Disarmament (CD) had Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon adds been unable to tackle, was taken up by six countries at the time. his signature to Although it wasn’t pursued further than the initial discussions at the Cities Are Not the UN, this initiative prompted innovations in Geneva allowing Targets! petition at for an agreement to be reached in 2008, establishing a program of the opening of the work for the CD for the first time since 1999. As in 1999, however, permanent exhibit the agreement fell apart the next year. Therefore, in 2011, the at UN headquarters time seemed right to return to the original idea of UNGA subcom- in New York. (Credit: mittees. Austria, Mexico, and Norway tabled a resolution to that Ray Acheson) effect, but in the end it was a resolution by the Netherlands, South Africa, and Switzerland which was adopted unanimously by the General Assembly. The resolution put the Conference on Disar- mament on notice that if its 2012 sessions remain deadlocked, the UNGA will consider alternative forums. Mayors for Peace will monitor this promising line of development throughout 2012. As the NPT review process gets underway again, we will also be monitoring cooperation among the Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones.

Progress Report 2012 Mayors for Peace 2020 • 7 Mayors for Peace 2020 Vision Campaign Membership Development

uring 2011 Mayors for Peace New members in 2011: Top 10 countries continued to consolidate its posi- 250 Dtion as the largest international association of local governments based on individual membership. Mayors for Peace 200 is increasingly recognized as the leading international organization devoted to protecting cities from the scourge of war 150 and mass destruction. As expected, Mayors for Peace reached

5,000 member cities in 2011. This was offi- 100 cially announced on the International Day of Peace, on September 21st 2011. The total

number of citizens represented worldwide 50 by Mayors for Peace is now approaching one billion. On December 1st 2011 the network 0 counted 5,092 members in 152 countries GHANA BELGIUM U.S.A. PERU RUSSIA BRAZIL SENEGAL AUSTRIA ITALY JAPAN and regions. During 2011 Mayors for Peace 21 21 26 26 35 35 42 52 63 233 welcomed 708 new member cities, the third largest annual growth in the 30 year Growth per region in 2011 history of the network after 2010 (+1,106) and 2009 (+860). Due to municipal mer- New cites in 2011 Total on 1/12/2011 Total on 1/03/2012 gers we lost 18 members resulting in a net Asia 257 1524 1549 growth of 690 new members. Europe 212 2323 2336 UPDATE: As of March 1st, 2012, the Net- Latin America 90 503 507 work has 5136 members in 153 countries Africa 85 328 329 and regions. North America 31 287 288 Making a qualitative shift Oceania 15 127 127 TOTAL 690 5092 5136 Having reached the 5,000 membership milestone, the Executive Conference of the organization decided on November Total amount of cities on 1/03/2012 (UPDATE) 10th 2011 that it will focus on a shift from quantity to quality. Mayors for Peace wants to focus its human resources on Asia qualitative growth and deepen its rela- tionship with the existing membership by Europe providing better services with a view to greater involvement in 2020 Vision Cam- Latin America paign activities. Africa An international committee met for the first time in the German city of Hannover North America from January 23rd -25th, 2012 to develop a proposal for the creation of national and Oceania regional structures and strengthening the financial basis of the organization.

8 • Mayors for Peace 2020 Progress Report 2012 Membership growth per year

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Membership growth per continent

2009/12/1 2010/12/1 2011/12/1 Region Number of Total member Number of Total member Newly joined Number of Total member Newly joined member cities member cities cities member cities cities countries countries countries Asia 29 855 29 1.267 412 30 1.524 257 Africa 30 141 40 243 102 41 328 85 Oceania 9 96 9 112 16 9 127 15 Europe 42 1.849 45 2.111 262 45 2.323 212 Latin America 21 230 24 413 183 24 503 90 North America 3 225 3 256 31 3 287 31 Total 134 3.396 150 4.402 1.006 152 5.092 690

New members 2011 per country

Country Newly Joined Country Newly Joined Country Newly Joined

ARGENTINA 9 HONDURAS 1 PORTUGAL 1

AUSTRALIA 14 ICELAND 1 RUSSIA 35

AUSTRIA 52 INDIA 1 SAUDI ARABIA 1

BELGIUM 21 IRELAND 1 SENEGAL 42

BRAZIL 35 ISRAEL 8 SOUTH AFRICA 1

BULGARIA 4 ITALY 63 SOUTH KOREA 3

CAMBODIA 1 JAPAN 233 SOUTH SUDAN 1

CAMEROON 17 KENYA 1 SPAIN 5

CANADA 5 LATVIA 3 SRI LANKA 1

COLOMBIA 4 MARSHALL ISLANDS 1 SWEDEN 6

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1 NEPAL 1 SWITZERLAND 1

ECUADOR 3 NETHERLANDS 2 THAILAND 7

EL SALVADOR 2 NIGERIA 1 U.K. 7

ETHIOPIA 1 NORWAY 2 U.S.A. 26

FRANCE 3 PARAGUAY 8 URUGUAY 1

GERMANY 16 PERU 26 Total 708

GHANA 21 PHILIPPINES 3

GREECE 4 POLAND 1

Progress Report 2012 Mayors for Peace 2020 • 9 Mayors for Peace 2020 Vision Campaign 2020 Vision Campaigners & Ambassadors

2020 Vision Campaigners NEW: proposed by any city member of Mayors Following a decision of the Board of Direc- 2020 Vision Ambassadors for Peace, in view of the proposed per- son’s (potential) contribution to world tors that recognized and consolidated our On November 8th, 2011 the General peace through nuclear disarmament. relationship with civil society activists, Meeting of the 2020 Vision Campaign A nomination needs the endorsement of Mayor Luc Dehaene, Chair of the Board Association agreed to nominate 2020 our executive or associate member cities of Directors of the Mayors for Peace 2020 Vision Campaign ambassadors. A 2020 and/or 2020 Vision campaigner(s) in the Vision Campaign, nominated 24 ‘2020 Vision ambassador is an advocate for country where the ambassador resides. Vision campaigners’ in 21 countries by the Mayors for Peace who agrees to promote Once a formal written proposal is made end of 2011. the mission and goals of the organiza- to the 2020 Vision Campaign Secreta- 2020 Vision campaigners are an essen- tion through his/her talent, fame, or riat, it shall be circulated to the Board tial part of our organization. They are status, especially for the purpose of of Directors of the Association, which facilitating greater involvement of our attracting media attention. This may decides on its approval. Such decisions members in the Campaign, and it is only take the form of public appearances and can be taken either at a Board meeting right that they should be given recognition talks, lobbying with mayors and politi- or by polling its members. The members for this. They work on the ground to pro- cians, fundraising events, etc. of the Association shall be notified of mote the 2020 Vision Campaign in their The association agreed that the title of all the designated 2020 Vision ambas- own country. Campaigners are generally 2020 Vision ambassador may be sadors. individuals who have a background in the peace movement, or previous experience of

Around Europe 2011 – 2020 Vision Campaigners Wolfgang Schlupp-Hauck and his wife Brigitte (on the left) with a German group in Italy during their ‘Global Zero Now’ tandem bicycle tour to talk with local authorities around the world. (Credit: Wolfgang Schlupp-Hauck)

10 • Mayors for Peace 2020 Progress Report 2012 List of the 24 2020 Vision Campaigners as of December 31st 2011

Asia Iran: Dr. Shahriar Khateri Turkey: Samil Yalciner

Africa Senegal: Amadou Coly Gomis

Europe Austria: Heidrun Konrad Germany: Wolfgang Schlupp-Hauck & Xanthe Hall Greece: Thanasis Anapolitanos Italy: Lisa Clark The Netherlands: Benedict Winnubst & Bert Sweerts Norway: Stine Rodmyr & Ursula Gelis Sweden: Meit Krakau UK: George Farebrother & Peter Burt

Latin America & the Caribbean Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 21st, 2011 – 2020 Vision Campaigner Micaela Mezzadra pro- Argentina: Micaela Mezzadra motes Mayors for Peace at the information stall offered by IC-Argentina at the Latin American Brazil: Cinthia Heanna Conference for Citizen Security. (Credit: Mayors for Peace) Colombia: Bibiana Ángel González Costa Rica: Edine von Herold Haiti: Franck Simon working with local government and elected a leading role to facilitate the start of Mexico: Jorge Nuñez Alba Nicaragua: Meybol Damaris officials. The 2020 Vision campaigners’ job negotiations to establish a nuclear weapon Peru: Lizett Vasquez includes: assisting city members in their free world. As the number of 2020 Vision country to become active in the campaign, campaigners increases, special attention North America and coordinating their activities with will be needed to train and guide them. USA: Melvin Hardy the International Secretariat in Ypres; The General Meeting also decided to encouraging more cities to become affilia- invite the 2020 Vision campaigners to ted with Mayors for Peace; and providing participate in the Board of Directors and information to the general public about General Meeting as observers. They will Sudden loss of Kafui Attipoe the 2020 Vision Campaign. Those who be informed of these meetings well ahead Mayors for Peace laments the sudden loss are interested in becoming a 2020 Vision of time and will be assisted with visa of Mr. Kafui Attipoe, who worked devo- campaigner should get in touch with the applications. Bearing in mind the very tedly for Mayors for Peace as a 2020 Vision Ypres Secretariat. different financial realities individually campaigner. Mr. Attipoe passed away after and regionally, the Association encourages a sudden illness on June 30th, 2011. He The General Meeting of November leading member cities to consider financial helped us tremendously by expanding 8th, 2011 welcomed the important support for the campaigners, while the our activities in Ghana, where he directly contributions of these volunteers and Association will also research funding introduced 24 of the 33 national member decided to research and expand the sources to assist with expenses such as cities to Mayors for Peace. presence of 2020 Vision campaigners in transport, accommodation and printing We express our heartfelt gratitude for all critical countries to advance the campaign. of Kafui Attipoe’s hard work in building a of materials (i.e. flyers, registration forms, Critical countries are the NWS, their main better world. business cards). allies, and countries in NWFZs playing

Progress Report 2012 Mayors for Peace 2020 • 11 Mayors for Peace 2020 Vision Campaign 2012 Featured Region: Latin America and the Caribbean

he remarkable progress achieved by As well as stimulating local and national cessary funding to satisfy the urgent needs Mayors for Peace in Latin America activities, as described in the Activities of the local governments and its citizens.’’ in 2010, continued and intensi- Report section (pages 16 to 26), T UPDATE SOUTH AMERICA 2012 fied in 2011, and indeed continues in development was advanced on a broad nd 2012. This progress has been stimulated front: new agreements were reached with On March 22 , 2012 Mayors for Peace also in large part by the work of the regional national associations of local governments entered an agreement of co-operation with 2020 Vision Campaign team assembled by as well as regional ones; and mayors the Community of South American As- International Development Director, Pol joining the leadership of Mayors for Peace sociations of Municipalities (COSUDAM) Heanna DHuyvetter. and of the 2020 Vision Campaign and during a panel on “The future of Latin attending the Executive Conference and American Municipalism’’. The declaration Politically, on December 3rd, 2011, leaders General Meeting, while the circle of 2020 calls UNASUR, the Union of South Ameri- from 33 countries in Latin America Vision Campaigners widened. Let’s look at can Nations, to give priority to the “Special and the Caribbean formally established each of these two areas more closely. Communiqué on the Total Elimination of the Community of Latin American and Nuclear Weapons” of the Community of Caribbean States (CELAC), which aims to Latin American and Caribbean States (CE- become a new economic bloc. The leaders Cooperation with LAC). The declaration was co-signed and issued a joint communiqué for complete received the support of the representative nuclear disarmament in which they com- Associations of Local of the Secretary General of UNASUR. mitted themselves to “work for the conve- Government With these new developments Mayors for ning of a high-level conference to identify Peace continues to further integrate in the ways and methods to eliminate nuclear First we need to acknowledge the impor- region. On December 3rd, 2010 Mayors for weapons as soon as possible.” While this tant regional role of Cinthia Heanna as Peace had already entered an Agreement is not a direct result of Mayors for Peace’s Assistant Coordinator for Latin America with Mercociudades, a network of local new Latin American presence, we have and the Caribbean and Abigail Cruz as governments from the Mercosur region. been one of several currents in the region Communications Officer taking respon- encouraging the promulgation of such a sibility to the Spanish translation of the Argentina: Associate Member Mayor Julio new international standard of excellence website and the monthly News Flash. Pereyra holds the presidency of the Federa- in the disarmament field. tion of Argentinean Municipalities (FAM) Regional and Federation of Latin American and This important initiative is, of course, UPDATE FLACMA 2012 Caribbean Municipalities and Associations strongly welcomed by Mayors for Peace, of Local Governments (FLACMA), thus On March 20th 2012 the Executive Bureau who will focus on actively encouraging and acting as a connection between Mayors for of the Federation of Latin American and supporting the Latin American countries Peace and these two important municipal Caribbean Cities, Municipalities and Local in the coming months to effectively follow associations, national and regional. FAM government associations (FLACMA) ap- through on this strong commitment. In has been instrumental in increasing the proved with unanimity a Mayors for Peace the past few years, the organization has presence and activity of Mayors for Peace motion calling for the Latin American and maintained an active dialogue with the in both Argentina and Latin America, and Caribbean region to give ‘’high priori- federal governments of Argentina, Costa the organization welcomed the work of Mr. ty and assign resources to involve local Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua and Uruguay, Juan Matteo, executive director of FAM, governments and civil society with the among others, in order to encourage them to further develop the organization’s links intention to convene a High Level confe- to make the region a leading force in esta- with the Argentinian local governments. blishing a nuclear weapon free world. rence to discuss and identify the ways and methods to eliminate nuclear weapons as An agreement of cooperation was signed In raw numbers, the heightened activity in soon as possible.” with IC-Argentina, a private consulting the region is reflected in the membership, The FLACMA Executive Bureau mem- firm based in Argentina but working namely the largest percentage growth of bers also demands ‘’our governments to with local governments throughout Latin any region of Mayors for Peace in 2011. recognize at the RIO+20 Conference that America as an operational organizer of Some of the innovated means used for na- disarmament is a condition towards deve- municipal events. IC-Argentina pledged its tional and regional recruitment drives are lopment; and to coordinate a global plan support for the 2020 Vision Campaign in covered in the International Campaigning for disarmament with the goal of achie- its aim to eliminate all nuclear weapons by Section. The country-by-country numbers ving the commitments of the Millennium the year 2020 and has been actively pro- are in the Activities section. Development Goals (MDGs); and the ne- moting Mayors for Peace activities through

12 • Mayors for Peace 2020 Progress Report 2012 Bogota, May 20th, 2011 - Mayors for Peace signed an agreement of co-operation with the Federacion Colombiana de Munici- pios (FCM). FCM commits to support the elimination of all nuclear weapons by 2020, while Mayors for Peace commits to promote the work of the Colombian network of Municipalities for Peace, a net- work part of the FCM. The agreement was celebrated at the headquarters of the FCM in Bogota. (Credit: Mayors for Peace)

a monthly Spanish language newsletter sent to over 15,000 contacts in the region. Mayors for Peace were extremely grateful for the generous support of Mr. Ariel Bor- giani, executive director of IC-Argentina. in the promotion of activities developed by declared that on September 19th a Mayors Brazil: As the newly elected board of the both organizations. for Peace office would open in the capital Frente Nacional de Prefeitos (FNP - Na- Mr. Ricardo Baptista, Executive city of Managua. This is the first Mayors tional Front of Mayors) was welcomed on Mexico: Director of the Association of Local Autho- for Peace office in Latin America and the April 7th, 2011, the association renewed its rities of Mexico (AALMAC) and Mr. Luis Caribbean region and demonstrates the commitment to working with Mayors for Munoz, a member of AALMAC’s Advisory desire to make a significant contribution Peace. The partnership with the municipal Board, represented Mexico City during our to the development of the organization. association, which represents the largest ci- leadership meetings in Granollers. Their The final declaration of AMUNIC also ties in the country and approximately 40% participation in the leadership meetings stated their intention to explore the pos- of the Brazilian population, has been a key helped to forge a better understanding of sibility of establishing the regional office element in the progress made by Mayors for the common threats to peace and security. for Latin America and the Caribbean in the Peace in 2011. Nicaraguan capital. Since the start of the partnership in April Nicaragua: The only country which has Peru: On May 18th, 2011 Mayors for Peace 2010, Mayors for Peace representatives in achieved 100% membership to Mayors th signed an agreement of co-operation with Brazil have been invited to all of FNP´s ge- for Peace. On September 16 , 2011 the the Federación de Municipios Libres de neral meetings, providing Mayors for Peace General Assembly of AMUNIC (Nicara- Perú (FEMULP) during their sixth National with an invaluable opportunity to reach out guan Association of Local Governments) Meeting in Lima, Peru. The agreement sets to national mayors and local authorities. renewed their support of the 2020 Vision out their intention to work together to free The co-operation of all FNP’s staff, in parti- Campaign at an extraordinary session in cities from the scourge of war and mass-de- cular Mr. Gilberto Perre and the re-elected support of Mayors for Peace. At this extra- struction. FEMULP declared their support President João Coser, mayor of Vitória, has ordinary general meeting, Nicaraguan ma- for the 2020 Vision Campaign in its aim of been essential in recruiting new members yors pledged to actively promote Mayors eliminating all nuclear weapons by 2020 and in raising awareness of the need for for Peace through their partnership with and will invite all the Peruvian mayors to nuclear disarmament. the Association of Local Governments in Central America and FLACMA (Federation formally join Mayors for Peace. Colombia: On May 20th, 2011 Mayors for of Local Governments for Latin America Peace signed an agreement of co-operation and the Caribbean). The general meeting 2012 UPDATE: Chile with the Federación Colombiana de Munici- was organized by AMUNIC during the first On March 21st 2012 the Association of pios (FCM – Colombian Federation of Mu- visit to Nicaragua of Pol Heanna DHuyvet- Chilean Municipalities (ACHM) and Mayors nicipalities) at a public event in Bogota co- ter, international development director of for Peace entered an agreement of coope- vered by national media. One special aspect Mayors for Peace and executive advisor of ration during a signing ceremony near the of FCM, which counts all the municipalities the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation. Chilean capital Santiago. The agreement of of the country as members, is the working Mr. Sadrach Zeledon, mayor of Matagalpa cooperation with the ACHM is significant group specializing in peace and security and member of the international leader- as Chile coordinates the position of the 116 issues; Municipios por la Paz. This group ship of Mayors for Peace, spoke of the full member states of Nuclear Weapon Free Zo- works for the promotion of the resolution support of all Nicaraguan mayors, Presi- nes during the upcoming NPT PrepCom in of conflicts and respect for human rights at dent Daniel Ortega and the Nicaraguan Vienna. Chile is also holding the Presidency a local level. With similar and complimen- people in working towards achieving the of the new Community of Latin American tary goals, the partnership between Mayors objectives of the organization. Mr. Sadrach and Caribbean States (CELAC) till January for Peace and FCM foresees mutual support Zeledon, who is also president of AMUNIC, 2013.

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Buenos Aires, September 21st 2011 - Mayors for Peace signed an agreement of cooperation with IC-Argentina at the end of the Latin American Security Conference in the Argenti- nian capital. IC-Argentina, the operational organizer of many conferences for local governments in the region, is a private consulting firm working with local governments throughout Latin America. On the picture 2020 Vision Campaigners Bibiana Gonzalez and Micaela Mezzadra, IC-Argentina Exe- cutive Director Ariel Borgiani and Pol Heanna DHuyvetter. (Credit: Mayors for Peace)

New Leadership Peace is working closely with him in order Vision Campaign in Latin America and the to dicuss how Brazilian national and local Caribbean. Ms. Abigail Cruz systematic from Cities and governments can take a greater role in translation into Spanish of the campaign Mayors; 2020 Vision ridding the world of nuclear weapons. website as well as the monthly News Flash has been essential to improve communica- All through 2011 Ms. Cinthia Heanna con- Campaigners and tion with members in the region. tinued to play a key role for developments Regional Staff in Brazil and the region. Nicaragua: Mr. Sadrach Zeledon, mayor of Matagalpa and President of the Associa- Argentina: Mayors for Peace secured Colombia: Ms. Bibiana Gonzalez was tion of Municipalities of Nicaragua (AMU- a greater consolidation of its working appointed 2020 Vision campaigner for NIC) joined the international leadership partnerships in 2011, as the city of Flo- Colombia and Mayors for Peace local spe- of Mayors for Peace in 2010. Ms. Meybol rencio Varela and its mayor, Julio Pereyra, cialist for strategic communications. A key Damaris was named as 2020 Vision cam- became an associate member of the 2020 contributor in organizing the survey with paigner for Nicaragua. She works for the Vision Campaign. (see Argentina above). the Latin American members and sta- women’s department of the City Hall of While Mayor Pereyra was not able to keholders, Bibiana Gonzales will continue Matagalpa and has played an important travel to Granollers, his substitute, Mr. working in the strategic development of role in increasing the visibility of Mayors Marcos Sestapol, international relations the organization and setting of a regional for Peace both within and outside of the officer of FAM, made important contri- structure. country. butions to the discussions in November Costa Rica: On September 17th, Mr. 2011, helping to shape the 2020 Vision Alvaro Jimenez Cruz, mayor of Montes de Peru: At the end of 2011 Mayors for Peace Campaign and the future of Mayors for Oro and former president of the Associa- welcomed Marcos Alvarez Vargas, mayor of Peace in the region. tion of Mayors of Costa Rica accepted the San Borja (Peru), who joined the interna- In recognition of all the valuable work invitation to join the leadership of Mayors tional leadership team of the organization she has done in her country, Ms. Micaela for Peace through associative membership. as associate member. In his letter of accep- th Mezzadra was appointed as a 2020 vision tance, dated November 16 , 2011, Mayor In recognition of the important contribu- campaigner. Marcos Vargas stated that: ‘’Our contribu- tions Dr. Edine von Herold (former Sena- tion in Peru will be to encourage Peruvian Brazil: In recognition of the essential tor) has made to the organization and the mayors to join the movement, as well as support FNP have offered Mayors for Pe- nuclear disarmament field as a whole, she the promotion and active participation in ace, they now assume an active role in the was named as a 2020 Vision campaigner information campaigns in favor of nuclear leadership of the 2020 Vision Campaign for Costa Rica, reinforcing our presence in disarmament and world peace’’. and have subsequently become one of the the country. leading voices calling for the organiza- Ms. Lizett Vasquez, 2020 Vision campai- Mexico: In July 2011, Mexico City was tion to adhere more closely to southern gner for Peru since 2010, continued to made an executive city, becoming the first perspectives on peace and disarmament make important contributions throughout Latin American member to be integrated in Latin America. As part of the first 2011, including the organization of a Hiro- into the highest sphere of decision making Latin American delegation to the General shima commemoration. in Mayors for Peace. and Executive Conference of Mayors for Uruguay: In November 2011 Uruguay’s Peace in Granollers, Mr. Claudio Maffei, Mr. Jorge Nunez was appointed as 2020 vi- capital city, Montevideo, was made an exe- mayor of Porto Feliz, represented FNP as sion campaigner for Mexico in April 2011, cutive city of Mayors for Peace, becoming vice-president for security. As a former in recognition of the valuable support he the second Latin American municipality to anti-nuclear weapons activist in the times has given the organization. Together with join the highest sphere of decision making of the Brazilian military regime, Mayor Ms. Abigail Cruz, communications officer in the organization. Maffei is dedicated to campaigning for for Latin America, this solid team conti- nuclear disarmament and Mayors for nues essential work to develop the 2020 This second year of remarkable growth

14 • Mayors for Peace 2020 Progress Report 2012 Brazil, October 18th 2011 – Joao Coser, president of the Brazilian Front of Ma- yors, asks president Dilma in a public letter to take leadership of the Mayors for Peace Campaign. The letter, co-signed by the President of the Brazilian Hibakusha Association, Takashi Morita, and Pol Heanna DHuyvetter, was published in the 3rd. page of Folha de São Paulo, one of Brazil’s main national newspapers. (Credit: Mayors for Peace)

and consolidation in Latin America sets an example for other regions to emulate. It will no doubt be instrumental in ensuring that governmental leadership continues to be provided by Latin America on the international stage.

Mayors for Peace survey in Latin America and the Carib- bean: Member cities put fight against poverty as top priority

On November 9th, 2011, the results of a survey conducted with member cities in Latin America and the Caribbean were presented during the Executive Conference of Mayors for Peace in Granollers, Spain. As a nuclear weapon free region, Latin America perceives such weapons as a distant threat, a view compounded by the fact that, on a daily basis, local governments are faced with other “vital problems for the human race such as starvation and poverty, the plight of refugees, human rights abuses, and environmental degradation’’, as mentioned in the first article of the Covenant of Mayors for Peace. Initiated by the leading cities and staff of Mayors for Peace in the region, the survey was conducted in response to both the dialogue that has developed with local officials and the challenge of introducing the threat of nuclear weapons into local agendas. Over 100 stakeholders, a large majority of them mayors, sha- red their views via the survey by answering ten questions. The results of the survey highlight the continuing need to raise awareness of nuclear issues in the region. While 58% of the cities do not believe that their territories would be the target of any nuclear threat, 91% expressed concern about the environmental impact of nuclear war, which emphasi- zes the sensitivity of the topic and suggests possible future action for the region. Nevertheless the survey also revealed that social security, delinquency and criminality are the main security concerns for the municipal administrations. As such, participants belie- ve that the priority of Mayors for Peace in the region should be the fight against poverty, one of the root causes of urban violence. Violence against women emerged as the second most proposed topic. Although the threat of nuclear weapons is considered a distant reality, member cities stated that the issue of nuclear disarmament should be the third priority for the organiza- tion, which is indicative of what Mayors for Peace has already accomplished in the region. According to the results, the creation of a structure of Mayors for Peace in Latin America would be well supported. Two thirds of the respondents expressed willingness to contribute financially to a regional office. Nearly all participants (98%) responded positively in attending a regional conference on local and global security promoted by the organization.

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Africa (243 → 328) the exceptional effort of Mr. Kafui Attipoe, Mayors for Peace affirm their determina- a 2020 Vision campaigner who sadly pas- tion to work together to free cities of the sed away on June 30th, 2011. The President scourge of war and mass destruction. Our Cameroon (65 → 82) of Mayors for Peace, Mr. Kazumi Matsui, commitment is to continue to exercise sent a letter of condolence to his family. pressure on national governments and In November 2011,Mayor of Fongo Tongo, influence the international agenda.’’ Daniel Tsakem, along with Vice-Mayor Senegal (30 → 72) The 2020 Vision Campaign is now prepa- Jean-Paul Nanfack, attended the meetings Mayors for Peace is gaining increasing ring for the 6th Summit of African Local of Mayors for Peace and the 2020 Vision support across Senegal, with 42 new Governments that will be held in Dakar Campaign in Granollers. Their presence mayors becoming members in 2011, from 4th – 8th December, 2012, which will highlighted the active participation of a thanks primarily to the tireless work of provide a new opportunity to further esta- growing number of cities from Nuclear our 2020 Vision Camapigner, Amadou Coly blish Mayors for Peace in Africa. Weapon Free Zones in the activities of Gomis. On February 8th, 2011, he and the Mayors for Peace. This was confirmed with International Development Director, Pol the elections of Daniel Tsakem as vice-pre- Heanna DHuyvetter, attended the ninth Asia (1267 → 1524) sident of the General Meeting of the 2020 Assembly of the Forum of Local Authori- Vision Campaign and Jean-Paul Nanfack ties for Social Inclusion and Participatory as member of the Board of Directors. Democracy (FAL) Network in Dakar, which Iraq (139 → 139) Since then, the Cameroonian delegation coincided with the World Social Forum. In 2011, the Mayors for Peace’s office in has been working on a proposition for a The fundamental aim of FAL is to turn Halabja, Vice-President city of Mayors for fundraising and peace-awareness-raising cities into important actors in the process Peace, has been very active. On March 16th, football game. This may feature retired of globalization. it took part in the commemoration of the members of the Cameroon national team, In its final declaration, the ninth FAL As- massacre of Halabja, to which a number The Indomitable Lions, led by football sembly expressed its unanimous support of high-level regional and international legend Roger Milla, challenging retired for Mayors for Peace and its intention to officials were invited. Mayors for Peace in players from the rest of the world. co-operate with us. The document affirmed Iraq also marked the 67th anniversary of that: ‘’Thanks to the processes we are deve- the Marzabotto massacre in Italy, as well Ghana (12 → 33) loping on decentralized cooperation, local as attending the commemoration of the authorities also contribute to a world with Ghana stood out last year, with 21 new 1987 chemical weapon attack on the city more solidarity and promoting a culture of mayors joining the organization thanks to of Sardasht. peace. The FAL network and the network In addition, Mr. Nariman Ali, a represen- tative of the Halabja office, participated City Hall, Granollers, in the opening of Tehran Peace Museum, Spain, November 8th, where the Deputy Mayor of Tehran, Mr. 2011 - Mayor Mayoral Mohammad Hadi Ayyazi, in conjunction of Granollers offers Mayor Tsakem of with the museum, awarded him a prize. Fongo Tongo a book of On August 8th, representatives of Mayors his city. Africa was for for Peace in Iraq, in cooperation with the the first time in history Halabja Chemical Attack Victims Organi- represented, by the zation, attended the second international city of Fongo Tongo, conference of the Vietnam Association for in a meeting of the Victims of Agent Orange (VAVA) and sent 2020 Vision Campaign. a message to the mayor of Hanoi inviting (Credit: Mayors for Peace) him to join Mayors for Peace. Thanks to the cooperation and efforts of

16 • Mayors for Peace 2020 Progress Report 2012 Halabja, Iraq, March 16th, 2011 - Commemoration in the cemetery of Halabja of the 1988 Gas Attack, which cau- sed the death of 5,000 people and injured over 10,000 others, most of them civilians. The poison gas attack was a genocidal massacre against the Kurdish people that took place on March 16, 1988. The Halabja attack has been recognized as a separate event from the Anfal Genocide that was also conducted against the Kurdish people by the Iraqi regime under Saddam Hussein. (Credit: City of Halabja/Salah Jamel)

Professor Urbano Stenta, president of the litated by cooperation between the mayors nuclear power reactors in Fukushima, re- Bambini del Mondo organization (Children of both cities, the Tehran Peace Museum leasing an enormous amount of radiation. of the World) in Rome, the mayors of Ha- will also host an A-Bomb exhibition in This catastrophe was the defining event labja and Qaladzya were able to bring two mid-2012. of the year across Japan; it has yet to be children’s football teams to Italy from 7th – resolved. 10th December, where they took part in an Japan (854 → 1085) After nationwide mayoral elections in international competition. This exchange In Japan, Mayors for Peace poured con- April, Mayor Kazumi Matsui took office as was a good opportunity for the partici- siderable energy into recruitment. The mayor of Hiroshima. In Nagasaki, Mayor pants to learn more about the victims of Hiroshima-Nagasaki Secretariat sent out Tomihisa Taue won a second term. Thus, the Halabja gas attack. recruitment letters three times in 2011, Mayors for Peace has a new President, whi- As Vice-President of Mayors for Peace, Mr. and as a result, recruited 231 new muni- le its first Vice President was re-elected. Khder Kareem gave several interviews cipalities. By the end of 2011, Mayors for In May, Mayor Taue attended the first Gau- with local and international media, in Peace’s total membership in Japan totaled tama Buddha International Peace Award which he spoke about Mayors for Peace, 1,085 members. Ceremony. Created by the government of their objectives and their role in the aboli- In January, the city of Chofu held a peace Nepal in 2002, the Gautama Buddha Inter- tion of weapons of mass destruction. In a concert, drawing 300 people to enjoy the national Peace Award is presented every context of local and regional tension, the beautiful sounds of peace. In February, five years to recognize and honor indivi- Mayors for Peace office in Iraq also issued a peace symposium was held in Hirakata duals and institutions around the world peace statements. and a charity marathon was conducted in that have made a significant contribution Fujisawa. On the day of the marathon, do- to peace and non-violence, as found in the Iran (21 → 21) nations were collected for peace activities teachings and messages of Lord Buddha. and a part of the proceeds were given to On August 6th and 9th, peace memorial ce- For Mayors for Peace in Iran, 2011 marked the 2020 Vision Campaign. remonies were held as usual in Hiroshima the inauguration of the Tehran Peace Mu- On March 11th, northeast Japan was struck and Nagasaki, with both Mayors delivering seum, home to their new office and base by a powerful earthquake and devastating their Peace Declarations. Thousands of re- for the 2020 Vision Campaign. tsunami. The double blow destroyed four sidents attended the ceremonies but due to The ceremony took place on June 29th: the anniversary of the 1987 gas attack on Hiroshima City, the Kurdish city of Sardasht. Among the Japan, July 2011 - guests were Mr. Maeda, director of the Hiroshima’s Mayor Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, and Matsui and high other representantives from Hiroshima; school survivors of the gas attack in Halabja; and students gathe- school children as well as various members ring signatures of Iranian civil society. downtown. (Credit: In his speech, the Vice-Mayor of Tehran, Mayors for Peace) Mr. Ayyazi , stressed the continuing ma- yoral support for anti-WMD activities and the goals of Mayors for Peace. Today, the Tehran Peace Museum hosts peace activities and works to raise public awareness about the impact of nuclear and chemical weapons on health and the envi- ronment. As part of a joint project with the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, faci-

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Ghent, Belgium, August 6th 2011 - Floating lanterns in the historic city center of Ghent. Hiroshima – Nagasaki commemorations were organized in nine Belgian cities in August 2011. City halls and citizens joined efforts in the cities of Aalst, Antwerp, Bastogne, Brussels, Ghent, Leuven, Mechelen, Mons and Ypres. All urged the Belgian government to facilitate the immediate start of negotiations to establish a nuclear weapons free world by 2020 and demands the withdrawal of the remaining US nuclear bombs from Belgian territory. (Credit: Gentblogt/Vredesoverleg Gent)

the accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear in Belgium that comes with its member- sea. Many local inhabitants and foreign Power Plant, caused by the earthquake ship of NATO. Mayors for Peace Belgium tourists gathered around the statue of the and tsunami in March, the number of the will continue to play an important part in peace crane and on the waterfront where foreign participants was down 50% compa- this debate. the event took place in the presence of the red to 2010. With the help of other peace organiza- Japanese ambassador. He addressed the After August, the main focus for the Ma- tions, Mayors for Peace commemorated participants and told them about the suffe- yors for Peace Secretariat was the Executi- the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Na- ring caused by the use of nuclear weapons ve Conference in November in Granollers, gasaki on the August 6th. Events were held and their ever present threat to the world. Spain. A candid, constructive discussion in nine cities across Belgium, including In November, Biograd na Moru attended took place, which successfully provided Ghent, Aalst, Mons and Ypres. the 8th Mayors for Peace Executive Confe- guidance for the 2020 Vision Campaign. Internationally, a delegation from the City rence in Granollers, Spain. Additionally, After this Executive Conference, the of Ypres and Mayors for Peace travelled to Jasminka Bajlo, representative of the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Secretariat began Astana, Kazakhstan in 2011, in order to Mayor of Biograd na Moru, chaired the preparing for the first ever conference of strengthen relations. These bonds will be meeting of the Board of Directors of the Japanese Mayors for Peace, which took further reinforced by a European mayoral 2020 Vision Campaign. Biograd also took th place in Hiroshima on January 13 and delegation led by Mayor Dehaene to both part in the Dialogue for Peace on Novem- th th 14 , 2012. Astana and Semey in March 2012. ber 7 , 2011, in the Peace Culture Center of Granollers. Throughout the year, Mayors for Peace Like in other countries around the world, Japan continued collecting signatures to 2011 witnessed a membership drive in In 2011, Biograd na Moru recruited sister support the petition calling for a nuclear Belgium. In Wallonia, as a result of the cities from Italy to join Mayors for Peace. weapons convention. By the end of the hard work of Bastogne, many mayors The mayor of Biograd, Mr. Ivan Knez, is year, 284,768 more signatures had been joined Mayors for Peace, resulting in 21 persistent in his efforts to recruit new obtained. new members for Belgium in 2011. Thanks city members from Croatia as well as from to cross-party membership drives and the Bosnia and Herzegovina. endless efforts of many sympathizers, urope E (2111 → 2323) Belgium continues to be a key player in France (133 → 136) Mayors for Peace. 2011 was a very busy year for Mayors for Belgium (355 → 376) Croatia (31) Peace France, with three new cities joining As from the outset of Mayors for Peace the organization. and the 2020 Vision Campaign, Belgium Biograd na Moru, executive city of Mayors Member cities, deeply moved by the continued to play a leading role within the for Peace, has continued to play a leading disastrous events that happened in Japan, organization in 2011, with over 60% of all role in the organization in Croatia. immediately expressed their support and cities and communities signed up with Ma- Many events were organized in support of organized fundraising events for the vic- yors for Peace. Equally remarkable is the Japan after the earthquake and tsunami tims. Emergency funds were transferred level of contribution that these members that hit the country on March 11th, with through NGOs such as the Red Cross. make to Mayors for Peace; in 2011 Belgian Zagreb, capital of Croatia and member of The organization also held many aware- member cities gave over € 35,000. This im- Mayors for Peace sending financial aid. ness-raising activities. In May, Aubagne, pressive figure was reached 30000 thanks On August 6th, the city of Biograd organi- AFCDRP (Mayors for Peace France) presi- to the hard work of the Ypres Secretariat of zed and hosted a meeting of the Croatian dent-city, hosted Professor Shoji Sawada, the 2020 Vision Campaign and the leader- Mayors for Peace. At the same time a com- hibakusha and nuclear physician, for a ship of the cities of Bastogne and Ypres. memoration was held in memory of the series of debates on nuclear energy and Mayors for Peace Belgium met in Brussels victims of the atomic bombs that fell on disarmament, which received important in April to discuss critical issues such as Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Lanterns were lit media coverage and achieved the participa- the continued presence of nuclear weapons by each city member and lowered into the tion of much of the local population.

18 • Mayors for Peace 2020 Progress Report 2012 Los Alamos, USA, Summer 2011 – MJC Karate group of Vaulx-en-Vélin visits museum where Enola Gay stands. (Credit: MJC Vaulx-en-Vélin)

The City of Vaulx-en-Velin supports the project of a group of young karatekas whose interest in nuclear disarmement arose following a conversa- tion about Iran. After gathering information, they decided to take action for nuclear disarmament and organized public debates in their city before planning a trip to Hiroshima and Nagasaki for August 2011. The events in Fukushima preven- ted them from fulfilling this part of the project. Instead, they decided, with full support of their municipality, to change plans and go to the USA to follow the road of nuclear weapons, from Los Alamos to the UN headquarters in New York. Back in France, the City of Lyon awarded them with the ‘Youth in Action’ prize.

In Paris, on June 25th, ICAN France Italian nuclear weapons base of Aviano. Ireland (11 → 12) organized a well attended public event on On their way, they collected messages from Trocadero Square to mark Nuclear Abo- German mayors for peace, which they pre- Membership of Mayors for Peace in Ireland lition Day. Mayor of Malakoff, Catherine sented in Aviano to Mayor Del Conte Ber- has increased in 2011 to 12 member cities. Margaté attended the event in her role as nard. From Munich to Vizenca they cycled A cross-border initiative to host the vice-president of Mayors for Peace. together with 30 members of the German Hiroshima-Nagasaki A-bomb exhibition, In September 2011, the Hiroshima Junior War Resisters International (DFG-VK) and kindly donated by the Mayor of Nagasaki, Marimba Ensemble, a group of young then joined 70 participants of the Italian was held with Newry and Mourne Council musicians from Hiroshima, performed ‘Pace in Bici’ (Bike for Peace). Later, they in Northern Ireland and Dundalk Town concerts in seven member cities (Arradon, took part in the commemoration of the Council in the Republic of Ireland. The th Aubagne, Bagnolet, Fontaine, Gonfreville Nagasaki atomic bombing on August 9 . hosting of the exhibition allowed both councils to pass unanimous resolutions to l’Orcher, Malakoff and Vaulx-en-Velin). Be- Different mayors from their home region join Mayors for Peace in 2011. fore and after the concerts, the group met indicated that NATO deployment sites with citizens and pupils of local primary would soon be nuclear free, following in The Republic of Ireland’s government has and high schools with whom they were the footsteps of Mutlangen, which was played a historically important role in the able to talk about Hiroshima, its history formerly a base for nuclear Pershing II development of the Nuclear Non-Prolifera- and the commitment of their respective missiles. In his message, German parlia- tion Treaty and continues to play a positive cities to nuclear disarmament. Lastly, mentarian Roderich Kiesewetter, who is role in nuclear disarmament issues at during the same month, several activities CDU spokesman and a member of Parlia- the United Nations. The election of the were organized in member cities to com- mentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation new Irish President, Michael D Higgins, a memorate the International Day of Peace and Disarmament (PNND), stated that former winner of the International Peace and celebrate Mayors for Peace reaching the Bundestag and German government Brigade’s Sean McBride Award (which the 5000 members milestone. are continuing to act for the withdrawal of has also been won recently by Mayors for On a financial level, French cities contribu- the US weapons from Germany together Peace), has been welcomed, and he is being ted €10,000 to the 2020 Vision Campaign with their NATO allies. Mayor del Comte contacted to seek his support for Mayors in 2011, which will be replicated in 2012. Bernard gladly accepted the messages of for Peace in Ireland. As in previous years, in 2012 Mayors for solidarity. Plans continue to develop membership in Peace in France will focus on recruiting new members and raising awareness about Aviano, Italy, October 25th nuclear disarmament amongst citizens 2011 – 2020 Vision Cam- and mayors. 2012 will be a year of presi- paigner Wolfgang Schlupp- dential and legislative elections in France, Hauck meets the mayor of and AFCDRP is currently working on diffe- Aviano on his Global Zero rent strategies to bring the issue of nuclear Tour. The Mayor of Aviano disarmament into the public debate. has been long time oppo- nent of the deployment of US nuclear weapons in Germany (369 → 385) Aviano. (Credit: Wolfgang Schlupp-Hauck) The German 2020 Vision Campaigner Wolfgang Schlupp-Hauck and his wife Brigitte cycled from their home town of Schwäbisch Gmünd across the Alps to the

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Ireland throughout 2012 and to foster the making the most of this membership at The city has thus been actively working on strong cross-party political support for a local level. Together they also planned the “Gernika – Ortona – Stalingrad, young a nuclear weapon free world in existence meetings with Mr. Hans Martijn’s fellow people remember – young people prevent” across the island of Ireland. mayors in the province of Utrecht, to di- project. The main idea of this project, scuss the possibility of their joining the or- which will be launched in May 2012, is to ganization. Mr. Sweerts and Mr. Winnubst make young people remember the lessons Italy (374 → 437) also contacted Mayor Marlies de Loo of of World War Two and realize how vital In 2011 Italy’s membership grew, with Gennep, who officially became a member peace is. 63 new cities joining Mayors for Peace, of Mayors for Peace later in the year. In addition, the city is also preparing an bringing the total to 437 members. This Additionally, the Dutch 2020 Vision cam- International Youth Conference for Peace established Italy as the country – outside paigners also contacted several other peace in the Future which will be held in Volgo- of Japan – with the largest absolute num- organizations such as the Peace Commit- grad in August 2012. ber of membership. tee of Utrecht 2013, which is preparing After the election of Mayor Matsui and his festivities for the third centenary of the Spain (296 → 301) pledge to continue the work of Mayor Aki- Peace of Utrecht in 1713, MasterPeace and In 2011, Granollers became, for a few ba, Italian members and activists launched the Dutch Association for Medical Polemo- days, the capital of Cities for Peace. The 8th a recruitment drive to help reach the goal logy (NVMP), with whom they maintain Executive Conference of Mayors for Peace of 5,000 members worldwide by August regular contact and share ideas about their and the 2020 Vision Campaign Association 2011. Aided in this by the Local Go- respective projects. They also contacted a meetings took place in Granollers from vernments for Peace and Human Rights, a number of other such associations to ask November 8th - 10th, 2011. Mayors and network of over 800 institutions, a broad them to promote Mayors for Peace on their other representatives of 16 municipalities coalition was established, including Italian websites and with whom they are now co- and five associations of local government PNND members and other NGOs active in operating. reviewed past efforts and discussed future the field of peace and disarmament. On September 21st, Mr. Sweerts and Mr. steps for the organization. The Nuclear Disarmament Days (August Winnubst attended the official launching In a city tour, the participants visited the 6th – 9th) witnessed a number of events, of MasterPeace in Utrecht. historical sights of Granollers and places including the traditional ‘Pace in Bici’ of importance from the Spanish Civil War. (Bike for Peace) through the northeast of Norway (86 → 88) During the visit, participants had the Italy, which this year included a group of In 2011, Mayors for Peace Norway dedica- opportunity to share their experiences in German activists from the Atomwaffenfrei ted itself to recruiting new members and peace policies, education for peace, defense jetzt (nuclear weapon free now) initiative. developing a sense of belonging among of human rights and collaboration with th As is customary on the morning of 9 the Norwegian community of Mayors August, the Mayor of Aviano, Stefano Del for Peace. In January, two new members Cont Bernard, delivered a speech to several joined Mayors for Peace. In November, other mayors and city representatives out- Mayor Thore Vestby of Frogn attended side the gates of the Aviano USAF airbase, the organization’s meetings in Granollers, saying: “The nuclear weapons stored in where he chaired, as vice-president, the this base must be removed, as a first but General Meeting of the 2020 Vision Cam- significant step towards a nuclear-weapon- paign. Each of the Norwegian members free world.” later received a newsletter as well as the In 2011, plans were already underway resolution put together by the General for ‘Pace in Bici 2012’. It is set to be an Meeting in Granollers. Lastly, contributing international event, beginning in Croatia, members received a printed version of crossing through Slovenia, to conclude – as the 2011 Progress Report together with a always – in front of the Aviano base that Christmas greetings card. The digital ver- still stores several dozen nuclear relics of sion of the report has also been circulated the Cold War. among all members.

The Netherlands (53 → 55) Russia (21 → 56) th In July 2011, Mr. Bert Sweerts and Mr. On August 6 , 2011, Volgograd, executi- Benedict Winnubst were appointed 2020 ve city of Mayors for Peace, held a Peace Vision campaigners. Throughout the year, Memorial Ceremony in solidarity with its th they were actively engaged in outreach sister city of Hiroshima. Granollers, Spain, November 9 2011 - The participants of the General Meeting of activities and networking in the Nether- During 2011, Volgograd has been involved Mayors for Peace visited historical sights lands. After having conducted successful in a lot of outreach activities, not only and places of importance from the Spanish discussions with the Mayor of Bunnik, contacting municipalities to inform them Civil War. On the left, Mayor Mayoral of Hans Martijn Ostendorp in 2010, which about Mayors for Peace and how impor- Granollers with Mayor Matsui (Hiroshima) led to him becoming a member of Mayors tant it is to join, but also building several and Mayor Taue (Nagasaki). (Credit: Mayors for Peace, they met with him again in 2011 projects to raise awareness about peace for Peace) and discussed the most effective way of among young people.

20 • Mayors for Peace 2020 Progress Report 2012 Dundee City Chambers, Dundee, UK, February 2011 - Councillor Mike Rumney (left), Lord Provost of Dundee John Letford (centre) and Bailie Ge- orge Regan at the opening of the Hiroshima-Nagasaki A-bomb exhibition. (Credit: Sean Morris)

civil society, among others. behalf of all member cities and highlighted different political parties who are active Two “Dialogues for Peace”, aimed at the the commitment of Mayors for Peace to in certain communes. In 2012, they will citizens, were included in the program and achieve a nuclear weapon free world at the continue to work to recruit new members. held in the Peace Culture Center in Granol- earliest possible date. lers. The first dialogue was conducted by a Mayors Matsui, Taue and Mayoral atten- United Kingdom (64 → 71) historian from Granollers and focused on ded an official reception with the president In 2011, Mayors for Peace membership in historical memory and peace building. It of Catalonia, Mr. Artur Mas, in the Palace the UK has grown to include 71 towns and took the form of a conversation between of the Generalitat. The mayors informed cities. Leadership is provided by Vice Pre- people from different cities, among them President Mas about the activities of sident City Manchester and 2020 Vision people from Hiroshima, Ypres and Biograd Mayors for Peace. Mayors Matsui and Taue Campaign Board Member Glasgow. UK na Moru, about their work in the recovery invited him to attend the Peace Ceremony members also took part in the Mayors for of historical memory and how that me- in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Peace Executive Conference in Granollers. mory has led them to work for peace. The A meeting of Iberoamerican members of Manchester is assisting in the issuing second dialogue was about citizenship and Mayors for Peace, a meeting of European of voluntary invoices to all UK and Irish peace building, in which representatives of members and a meeting with UCLG were members and recruitment letters to non- Mayors for Peace and other organizations also organized during the week. members. working for development and peace buil- During the events, Mayor Mayoral reaffir- ding explained their projects and invited A UK Mayors for Peace Working Group med the commitment of the city of Granol- the citizens to support them. took place in Oxford Town Hall in July lers to peace and the recovery of historical 2011, in conjunction with the Nuclear Free In recognition of the work of Mayors for memory. He highlighted the role of cities Local Authorities English Forum. It inclu- Peace in the campaign for the elimina- in promoting coexistence and understan- ded a special seminar with speakers from tion of weapons of mass destruction, the ding between cultures and their capacity Mayors for Peace, the British American United Nations Association of Spain with to work together to promote humanity. Security Information Council, the Nuclear the support of the Barcelona Provincial Within a framework of developing regional Information Service and the Campaign for Council awarded the organization the 2011 strategies, Granollers – with the support Nuclear Disarmament on the future direc- Prize for Peace. of the association of municipalities of tion of UK nuclear weapon policy. The United Nations Association of Spain Catalonia and the Spanish Federation of An action point from this seminar was (ANUE) established the award 32 years ago Municipalities - is working on the creation a detailed submission to the Trident to recognize “an individual or collective of a Spanish network of Cities for Peace. Commission, a cross-party body which is work, a personal career or an organization Furthermore, the city is working on the seeking to influence the UK government’s that spread praise and purposes contained creation of a network of Mediterranean review of the ‘like-for-like’ alternatives in the Charter of the United Nations.” The cities for peace, together with cities from to replacing the Trident nuclear weapons award, which includes a prize of €18,000 the Mediterranean basin. programme. A major decision on replacing provided by the Barcelona Provincial Trident will be made after the next UK Council, is announced each year on Octo- general election, expected in 2015, and ber 24th, commemorating the anniversary Sweden (16 → 22) possession of nuclear weapons is likely of the founding of the United Nations in During 2011, Mayors for Peace member- to be an issue in that election campaign. 1945. ship in Sweden grew to include 22 out of The submission endorsed the need for the The award ceremony took place on the 290 communes in the country. 2020 UK government to take up the Mayors for November 9th in the headquarters of the Vision campaigners are working to con- Peace’s ‘2020 Vision’ and become involved Diputació de Barcelona and was attended vince communes that the work of Mayors in the debate over developing a Nuclear by representatives of the member cities for Peace is not concentrated on distant Weapons Convention through the auspices and associations of local government. foreign politics and instead directly relates of the United Nation’s Nuclear Non-proli- President Matsui expressed gratitude to to the future health and well-being of their feration Treaty deliberations. ANUE and the Diputació de Barcelona on populations. They are also in contact with Throughout 2011 UK Mayors for Pea-

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Brasília, Brazil, April 5th, 2011 – The Mayor of Penápolis, João Luís dos Santos, joins Mayors for Peace with 2020 Vision Campaigner Cinthia Heanna, at the information stall offered by FNP at its 59th General Meeting. (Credit: Mayors for Peace)

ce members were lining up to host the for a nuclear weapon free world. In March from Mayor José Baka Filho, Pol Heanna Hiroshima-Nagasaki A-bomb exhibitions 2011, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. DHuyvetter and Cinthia Heanna, a 2020 and it has now been held in Manchester, Mr. Hector Timmerman, addressed a letter vision campaigner, were special guests Dundee, Clydebank, Newry, Aberdeen and to the Mayor of Hiroshima and President at the commemoration, together with the Shetland Islands. Over 20,000 people of Mayors for Peace, Mr. Kazumi Matsui, Takashi Morita and Junko Watanabe, have now seen the exhibition. It is also expressing the commitment of the country representing the Brazilian Hibakusha As- booked well into 2012 and it is hoped it to attend future nuclear disarmament sociation. Mayor Baka Filho, as president will be hosted in the Scottish Parliament, conferences held by the organization. of the local association of touristic cities in Edinburgh, Rotherham, and hopefully in On September 20th and 21st, Mayors for Paraná, successfully invited five new mem- London, in 2012. Peace participated in the Latin American ber cities to join Mayors for Peace (Guara- In August 2011, cities around the UK held Conference of Citizen Security in Buenos tuba, Guaraqueçaba, Matinhos, Morretes, th civic services commemorating the 66th Aires, which was a joint initiative orga- Pontal do Paraná). On July 4 , the opening anniversary of the Hiroshima and Naga- nized by FAM and FLACMA. The event of the exhibition, donated by the Hiroshi- saki atomic bombings with major events gave Mayors for Peace the opportunity ma Peace Culture Foundation, attracted in cities including London, Manchester, to continue their dialogue with local go- the attention of local and regional media, Birmingham, Coventry, Glasgow and vernments and city officials, and received with the emotional speeches of Mr. Morita Edinburgh. The atomic bombings were the valuable contribution of both Ms. and Ms. Watanabe highlighting the cruel also remembered when commemorating Micaela Mezzadra and Bibiana Gonzales, a and inhumane of nuclear weapons. other events such as the 25th anniversary 2020 vision campaigner for both Argenti- of the Chernobyl disaster and the March na and Colombia. Eight new mayors joined Colombia (6 → 10) 2011 Fukushima disaster. Mayors for Peace at the information stand Public awareness for the inhumanity of generously provided by the organizers of A UK Mayors for Peace meeting is being nuclear weapons was raised in a separate the conference. planned to take place in Manchester in Fe- event organized by Peace Boat, when nine bruary 2012. There are also plans in 2012 survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiro- to seek to develop a lecture or reception to Brazil (42 → 77) shima and Nagasaki met with Colombian raise the profile and finances of Mayors for In view of the international political President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón on Peace in the UK. A number of high profile th importance of the country, and the lack of February 25 , 2011. The president’s warm personalities and leading city mayors have information material available in the na- reception of the survivors and his support been approached and it is hoped a signifi- tional language, our team in Brazil decided for their message served as an important cant event can take place. to launch a briefing paper in Portuguese to gesture in favor of a world free of nuclear better explain the goals of Mayors for Pea- weapons, and further cemented Latin Latin America and the ce and the importance of the involvement America’s leading role in the field. of local authorities in the 2020 Vision Caribbean (413 → 503) Campaign. The Associação Brasileira de Costa Rica (46) Municípios (ABM - Brazilian Association th Because of the extraordinary progress in On September 17 , 2011 a meeting was of Municipalities) and FNP supported the Latin America, activity that occurred on a organized in Montes de Oro to further de- production and publication of the docu- region-wide basis is featured in a special velop Mayors for Peace in Costa Rica. The ment by posting it on their websites and section of this Report (see page 12). Below, first objective agreed upon was to get 100% mailing it to their contacts, along with an please find just those activities which were of mayors to sign up with Mayors for Pea- appeal for all their member cities to join unique to the country in question. ce. Costa Rica already counts 46 members, Mayors for Peace. out of a total of 81. The Mayor also stated Argentina (32 → 41) In 2011, Mayors for Peace organized, for his intention to contact the Federación de the first time, an exhibition on the A- Municipios del Istmo Centroamericano Argentina has taken important steps in be- Bomb in Paranaguá, one of the largest port (FEMICA - Federation of Municipalities coming more engaged with the campaign cities in the country. With an invitation of the Central American Isthmus), to

22 • Mayors for Peace 2020 Progress Report 2012 Zeledon, who is also president of AMUNIC, Montes de Oro, Costa th Rica, September 17th, declared that on September 19 a Mayors 2011 – Mayor Alvaro for Peace office would open in the capital Cruz of Montes de Oro, city of Managua. This is the first Mayors ex-Senator Edine von for Peace office in Latin America and the Herold, ex-Minister Caribbean region and demonstrates the Carlos Manuel Vicente desire to make a significant contribution Castro, MfP Communi- to the development of the organization. cations Assistant Naara The final declaration of AMUNIC also Nunez and Pol Heanna stated their intention to explore the pos- DHuyvetter agree to sibility of establishing the regional office work towards 100% for Latin America and the Caribbean in the membership in Costa Rica. (Credit: Mayors for Nicaraguan capital. Peace) Paraguay (1 → 9) increase the presence and activities of support he has given the organization. At the start of 2011 Mayors for Peace wel- Mayors for Peace in Central America. A Together with Ms. Abigail Cruz, communi- comed eight new members from Paraguay special Mayors for Peace assembly of the cations officer for Latin America, this solid as a result of an agreement of co-ope- mayors of Costa Rica is envisioned for team continues essential work to deve- ration signed between Mayors for Peace the near future, and the development of a lop the 2020 Vision Campaign in Latin and Mercociudades, a network of local strategy to involve the Costa Rican Federal America. governments from the Mercosur region. Government in a Special Disarmament Paraguay is part of the Mercosur region. Conference. Nicaragua (155 → 155) Nicaragua is the only country in the world Peru (7 → 33) Mexico (41) where all of its mayors have joined the organization. At their general meeting, In Carabayllo and Ate, two cities near In July 2011 Mexico City was made an Nicaraguan mayors pledged to actively the capital, the Federación de Municipios executive city, becoming the first Latin promote Mayors for Peace through their Libres de Perú (FEMULP) organized seve- American member to be integrated into partnership with the Association of ral events in their city halls with Mayors the highest sphere of decision making in Local Governments in Central Ameri- for Peace. A meeting was also held with Mayors for Peace. ca and FLACMA (Federation of Local representatives of the City Hall of Lima, Last year we saw Mexico City working Governments for Latin America and the where the process to secure the capital’s to further engage Latin American cities Caribbean). The general meeting was or- membership of Mayors for Peace was in Mayors for Peace and the 2020 Vision ganized by AMUNIC during the first visit begun. During these events 18 Peruvian Campaign. In view of the perception of to Nicaragua of Pol Heanna DHuyvetter, mayors formally joined Mayors for Peace. nuclear weapons as a distant threat and in international development director of Ma- Mayors for Peace representatives Pol face of other pressing local security issues, yors for Peace and executive advisor of the Heanna DHuyvetter and Lizett Vasquez the city was an essential supporter in orga- Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation. (2020 Vision Campaigner) were warmly nizing the Latin American survey (see box) Mr. Sadrach Zeledon, mayor of Matagalpa welcomed at all events, where they were to better understand regional perspectives and member of the international leader- able to engage in dialogues with city offi- and shape the actions of Mayors for Peace ship of Mayors for Peace, spoke of the full cials about the 2020 Vision Campaign and accordingly. support of all Nicaraguan mayors, Presi- the importance of their involvement in the Mr. Jorge Nunez was appointed as 2020 dent Daniel Ortega and the Nicaraguan activities of Mayors for Peace. Vision Campaigner for Mexico in April people in working towards achieving the On August 6th over one hundred people 2011, in recognition of the valuable objectives of the organization. Mr. Sadrach marched through streets of La Victoria

Granollers, Spain, November 10th 2011 – The first Ibero- American meeting in the history of Mayors for Peace. Representatives of Spain, Argentina, Mexico and Brasil, together with Pol Heanna DHuyvetter were present. (Credit: Mayors for Peace)

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Lima, Peru, August 6 2011 - Over one hundred people marched through the streets of La Victoria to commemorate the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. (Credit: Mayors for Peace)

many Mayors for Peace cities across Cana- da including Saskatoon, Oakville and To- ronto. In Montreal, Mayor Tremblay was joined by Hiroaki Isobe, Consul General of Japan in Montreal, along with a crowd of around 120 citizens, to reflect on the 66th anniversary of the first use of an atomic bomb on a city. Composer Reiko Yamada, originally from Hiroshima and now a resident of Montreal, created a new work, ‘Prayer’, for the commemoration ceremony. Performed by the Molinari Quartet, the (Lima) to commemorate the nuclear North America (256 piece included fragments of eyewitness bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The → accounts by five survivors of the bombing City Hall of La Victoria, which had joined 287) speaking about the current world situation Mayors for Peace one month earlier, hosted and the future. an event called ‘A Thousand Cranes for Peace’ organized by the Women’s Network Canada (90 → 95) USA (165 → 191) of Local Authorities of the Lima and Callao Mayors for Peace welcomed five new mem- In 2011 Mayors for Peace membership Region (MUALIC) together with Mayors ber cities in Canada in 2011 bringing the in the United States continued to grow, for Peace, represented by Ms. Vasquez. total to 95. adding 26 new mayors in 16 states, making In March, following the devastation a total of 191 members in 38 of the 50 wrought by the earthquake and tsunami States. (The total does not include Mayors Uruguay (1 → 2) that hit Japan in 2011, the Montreal City for Peace members in the U.S. territories Mayors for Peace maintains an active dia- Council passed a motion of solidarity, of Puerto Rico [13], Micronesia [2], and the logue with the Federal Government of Uru- praising the courage and determination Northern Mariana Islands [2].) Orlando, guay on the promotion of a nuclear weapon demonstrated by the Japanese people, as Florida, which joined with a public signing free world. The Uruguayan Government well as those who worked to bring aid to ceremony in February, will be hosting the remains in favor of the organization’s those affected. June 2012 annual meeting of the U.S. proposal for a high level conference on In August, Mayor Gerald Tremblay of Mon- Conference of Mayors (USCM). total nuclear disarmament and the focus treal demonstrated his continuing support Mayors for Peace North American Coordi- of the work in 2011 was to build enough of peace and disarmament by sending nator Jackie Cabasso represented Mayors international support for this initiative to three youth delegates to the International for Peace at the USCM’s 79th annual mee- be successful (for more information, see Youth Conference for Peace in the Future ting in June 2011, in Baltimore, Maryland. the international campaign section). in Hiroshima. Together with fifty delega- There the USCM unanimously adopted a While the support of Montevideo and the tes from other sister cities of Hiroshima, strongly-worded resolution sponsored by Uruguayan Federal government for the these young people also attended the 20 Mayors for Peace members, “Calling th 2020 Vision Campaign has been remar- August 6 Peace Memorial Ceremony. The on the President to Work with Leaders of kable, slow progress has been made with participation of these young people was Other Nuclear Weapon States for Elimi- other local governments. Throughout an opportunity to reaffirm once again the nation of Nuclear Weapons by 2020 and 2011, a resolution in support of the Ma- support and solidarity shown by the city Calling on Congress to Cut Funding for yors for Peace 2020 Vision Campaign was of Montreal towards the Japanese people Nuclear Weapons and to Redirect Those pending and ultimately failed to make it and strengthen the links between the two Funds to Meet the Needs of Cities.” onto the agenda of the Uruguayan Con- cities. Characterizing the lack of progress on nu- gress of Mayors. Hiroshima Day was commemorated in clear disarmament, the resolution notes:

24 • Mayors for Peace 2020 Progress Report 2012 Montreal, Canada, August 5th 2011 – Mayor Tremblay of Montreal rings the Peace Bell in the Japanees Garden to commemorate the bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. (Credit: City of Montreal)

“the 2010 U.S. Nuclear Posture Review did programs well below Cold War levels, and based upon renewable, sustainable energy not lead to substantial changes in the U.S. to redirect those funds to meet the urgent and reduce the federal debt.” nuclear force structure”; “a plan submitted needs of cities.” The USCM also “reaffirms At its June meeting, for the first time the to Congress by President Barack Obama its call on President Obama to work with USCM was addressed by United Nations projects investments of well over $185 the leaders of the other nuclear weapon Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. In his billion by 2020 to maintain and moder- states to implement the United Nations speech, Ban acknowledged the importance nize U.S. nuclear weapons systems”; “the Secretary-General’s Five Point Proposal of Mayors for Peace and the support of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2012 budget for Nuclear Disarmament forthwith, so USCM: “When we tried to break the global request [$7.63 billion] is the largest ever that a Nuclear Weapons Convention or a deadlock in negotiations on nuclear non- for maintenance and modernization of related framework of mutually reinforcing proliferation and disarmament, who was nuclear warheads”; and the FY 2012 budget legal instruments can be agreed upon and by our side? The U.S. Conference of Mayors request includes more than $1 billion for implemented by the year 2020, as urged by and Mayors for Peace. The ‘Cities are Not research and development of a new Air Mayors for Peace.” The resolution added a Targets’ petition campaign has more Force long-range nuclear bomber, a study USCM “pledge to assist in recruiting new than one million signatures – and is now for future Intercontinental Ballistic Missi- U.S. members in order to help reach the proudly on display at UN Headquarters. I les, and development of a new replacement goal of 5,000 member cities.” welcome the resolution you will adopt at ballistic missile submarine slated to be in Following a national campaign by peace this conference, in particular its reitera- operation through 2080. and justice activists, with sponsorship tion of support for my five-point plan.” The resolution describes “the economic from many Mayors for Peace members, Linking the global and the local, Ban told downturn forcing mayors and cities to the USCM adopted another resolution, the mayors: “The road to peace and pro- make deep cuts in critical public services” “Calling on Congress to Redirect Military gress runs through the world’s cities and which “includes huge reductions to other Spending to Domestic Priorities,” which towns.” The SG was greeted and thanked domestic programs of importance to “calls on the President and U.S. Congress with standing ovations. mayors and cities, the size of which have to end the [Iraq and Afghanistan] wars as not been seen in recent times,” and “calls soon as strategically possible and bring Making good on its June pledge, in July on the U.S. Congress to terminate funding these war dollars home to meet vital hu- the USCM sent a recruitment letter on for modernization of the nuclear weapons man needs, promote job creation, rebuild behalf of Mayors for Peace to its full complex and nuclear weapons systems, our infrastructure, aid municipal and state membership of more than 1,200 mayors of to slash spending on nuclear weapons governments, and develop a new economy cities with populations over 30,000. The letter, with a cover note from USCM Exe- cutive Director Tom Cochran, was signed Baltimore, Mary- by Akron, Ohio Mayor Donald Plusquellic, land, June 20th, 2011 - Oakland a USCM former president and Mayors for California Mayor Peace Vice-President; Oakland, California Jean Quan, Chair Mayor Jean Quan, new Chair of the USCM of the International International Affairs Committee; and 13 Affairs Committee, additional Mayors for Peace members from introduces the across the country. At least 10 new mayors Mayors for Peace joined Mayors for Peace in response. resolution at the Under the guidance of Mayors for Peace US Conference of Mayors annual 2020 Vision Campaigner, Mel Hardy, Ma- meeting. yors for Peace has been seeking to deepen (Credit: Jackie existing relationships and establish new Cabasso) ones with African American mayors and organizations. In May 2011, Hardy and Mayors for Peace outreach and deve-

Progress Report 2012 Mayors for Peace 2020 • 25 Mayors for Peace 2020 Vision Campaign lopment associate Harvey Zendt organized Cabasso. The rally concluded with a live away from Uranium Mining, Towards a Nuclear Weapons Abolition Teach-in at video link between Livermore and Hiro- Aboriginal Sovereignty’ took place; a 1,000 All-Soul’s Church in Washington, DC. On shima, with atomic bomb survivor, Keijiro kilometer walk from Wiluna to Perth for August 7th, All Souls Church adopted Ma- Matsushima. a nuclear free future, in opposition to We- yors for Peace as a “partner” in the spirit of On August 6th, Mel Hardy, representing stern Australia’s proposed uranium mining its “Statement of Conscience on Peace.” The Mayors for Peace and the 2020 Vision industry. The event was supported by the church is currently producing a documen- Campaign, joined with the Hiroshima City of Fremantle and a number of Mayors tary film featuring Mayors for Peace. The Nagasaki Peace Committee of Washington, for Peace members along the route. Many premier of the film is scheduled for the DC to hold a vigil at the steps of the Lin- of the walkers were also constituents Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum on coln Memorial and the Reflecting Pool. within the City of Fremantle and other August 1st, 2012. Mayors for Peace Councils. From October 22nd to November 26th, led In September, representing Mayors for by Japanese Buddhist monks and nuns and Mayor for Peace Brad Pettitt spoke at and Peace, Mel Hardy attended the Board of Native American spiritual leaders, peace supported the anti-nuclear rally on July st Directors meeting of the World Council activists undertook a ‘Sacred Sites Peace 21 at the Fremantle’s Esplanade Hotel, of Mayors (WCM) in Washington, DC. Walk for a Nuclear-Free World,’ walking where uranium miners were attending the The WCM is a non-profit, non-political hundreds of miles from the Diablo Canyon Australian Uranium Conference. worldwide conference comprised of ma- nuclear power plant on the central coast yors, former mayors, and other local public of California to the Livermore Nuclear New Zealand (30) officials working to promote international Weapons Lab. Along the way they stopped In 2011, the members of Mayors for Peace collaborative relations among its mem- at nuclear-related facilities and Native in New Zealand were busy dealing with bers. It was established in 1984 by then American sacred sites and promoted Ma- the aftermath of the devastating major Mayor Johnny Ford of Tuskegee, Alaba- yors for Peace. At the end of the walk they earthquakes in September 2010, February, ma, president at the time of the National presented Mayors for Peace flags to the June and December 2011, and over 10,000 Conference of Black Mayors, and includes Mayors’ offices in Oakland and Richmond, ongoing aftershocks. In Christchurch, the mayors from the U.S. Asia, Africa and the California, both members of Mayors for World Peace Bell given to the city by the Caribbean. At their September meeting Peace. the WCM Board of Directors voted to pur- World Peace Bell Association is now repai- On October 9th, Mayors for Peace Pre- sue a formal relationship with Mayors for red but the Peace Walk around the city will sident and former Hiroshima Mayor Peace. This will be followed up in 2012. have to be changed and updated due to the Tadatoshi Akiba received the Nuclear th th loss of many buildings. On August 6 and 9 , cities around the Age Peace Foundation’s Distinguished th Bob Harvey, mayor of Waitakere and vice United States commemorated the 66 Peace Leadership Award in Santa Barbara, president of Mayors for Peace, resigned anniversaries of the U.S. atomic bombings California. Santa Barbara Mayor for Peace as mayor when Waitakere and other cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In Rochester, Helene Schneider welcomed Mayor Akiba. were subsumed into a ‘super-sized’ Auc- Minnesota, Mayors for Peace Mayor Ardele Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor Shigeko kland. The Peace Foundation in Auckland Brede presided over a lantern floating Sasamori received the World Citizenship immediately met with the new council and ceremony remembering the souls of the Award on behalf of all Hiroshima and requested that Auckland become a peace victims. At the opening of an August Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors (hiba- th city. They succeeded and Auckland was 6 vigil in Ashland, Oregon, Mayors for kusha). The awards were presented during declared a City for Peace by the Auckland Peace Mayor John Strong read an official the Foundation’s 28th Annual Evening for Council on December 15th 2011. proclamation endorsing the Mayors for Peace, “From Hiroshima to Hope.” Peace 2020 Vision and declaring August Mayor Len Brown, first mayor of the new 6th as “Hiroshima Day” and August 9th as Auckland Council, joined Mayors for “Nagasaki Day” in order “to remember Oceania (112 → 127) Peace in September 2011. His leadership the events of 1945 and promote the goal proved vital in the council finally agreeing of a nuclear weapons-free world.” A large Australia (72 → 86) to the Auckland Peace City Declaration. outdoor educational display, “Hiroshima In 2011 there was a growing interest in This declaration recommends a pro-active to Fukushima – Lessons from Disaster,” in- Mayors for Peace in Australia, as members approach to educating and inspiring the formed hundreds of residents and visitors sought to inform local governments about people of Auckland through ‘Peace City over a three day period, and highlighted the objectives and achievements of the Projects’. It also reaffirms support for the Mayors for Peace as a source of hope. Hun- organization, as well as to engage them in New Zealand Nuclear Weapon Free Zone dreds of signatures were collected on the their activities. In addition to recruiting and Disarmament Act. The 25th Anniversa- updated Mayors for Peace Cities Are Not new members, the City of Fremantle, an ry of this 1987 legislation will be celebra- Targets petition. associate member of the 2020 Vision Cam- ted on June 8th 2012 which is the proposed On August 6th, near the gates of the paign, has been involved in supporting a date for the public launch of Auckland Nuclear Weapons Laboratory in Liver- number of community led initiatives that Peace City. more, California, an evening rally, “From support Mayors for Peace objectives. In Hiroshima to Fukushima to Livermore: September it provided the exhibition space Confronting the Two-Headed Dragon of for and promoted Artists for Peace 2011, Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Power,” was an exhibition organized by the Medical organized with the support of Mayors for Association for Prevention of War. Peace North American Coordinator, Jackie Between August and October the ‘Walk

26 • Mayors for Peace 2020 Progress Report 2012 Finances and Fundraising

Financial statement Contributions 2011 The 2020 Vision Campaign is financed mainly by voluntary Luxembourg contributions made by member cities, with a small part Canada Italy raised by professional fundraisers and donations made Australia Switzerland by individuals. We are very grateful to all those who Norway contributed in 2011 and enabled the Vision 2020 Campaign Spain Portugal to continue to work towards a nuclear free world. We hope Uruguay many more cities will follow this example and contribute in Germany Croatia the future. Taiwan The figures on page 30 represent the income and expenditure of the International Secretariat of the 2020 New Zealand Vision Campaign. Note that the € 110.000 contribution Bosnia and Herzegovinia of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is not included in this table as France the salaries of the three executive advisors are paid by the Netherlands Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation directly, and not via Serbia

Ypres. We can see for the figures of 2011 that we have a Jordan surpluse of € 38.228. It is thanks to many contributors and Belgium a stringent financial policy that the secretariat in Ypres was able to achieve these figures.

Fundraising COUNTRY TOTAL No. OF CITIES Belgium € 32.117,81 85 In 2011, we received € 84810,25 from 19 countries. This total is slightly less than last year’s figure, however, as we France € 10.300,00 100 went to press, there were still invoices to be returned from Germany € 8.950,00 11 the United Kingdom and Spain. As with 2010, we remain on Spain € 6.600,00 5 the right track, although we did fall short of our target to Italy € 2.612,57 11 match the contributions of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a goal Canada € 5.569,85 11 towards which we will continue to strive in the year ahead. Luxembourg € 3.600,00 12 Over the course of the year we received contributions from Norway € 1.500,00 5 266 cities in 19 different countries. We were pleased to wel- Croatia € 975,00 3 come 30 first time contributors in 2011, including member cities from Bosnia and Herzegovinia and Uruguay, countries Switzerland € 6.201,62 9 which up until now had not been represented. Portugal € 1.200,00 3 It is also important to recognize that many cities have made Sweden € 300,00 1 donations in-kind, providing indispensable support for Taiwan € 772,74 1 our international action. Matching their financial contri- Uruguay € 978,74 1 bution, Hiroshima and Nagasaki’s work on the campaign is Netherlands € 300,00 1 vital. Furthermore, special mention should be made of the New Zealand € 583,34 2 city of Granollers, who hosted the 2011 General Meeting, along with Malakoff, for its assistance with the website and Australia € 1.555,84 3 translations, and many other leading cities for their help in Bosnia and Herzegovinia € 400,00 1 distributing invoices and other important material to their Jordan € 292,74 1 membership cities. Total € 84.810,25 266

Progress Report 2012 Mayors for Peace 2020 • 27 List of contributing cities in 2011: Pittem Belgium 300,00 Granollers Spain 1.500,00 2011 Poperinge Belgium 487,50 Gernika Lumoko City Country Contribution (€) Udala Spain 300,00 Riemst Belgium 420,00 Bastogne Belgium 375,00 Sant Adria de Spain 600,00 Rotselaar Belgium 375,00 Besos Beerse Belgium 100,00 Ruiselede Belgium 127,65 Sant Boi De Spain 1.200,00 Beersel Belgium 589,45 Llobregat Schilde Belgium 50,00 Boechout Belgium 125,00 Vila-seca Spain 3.000,00 Schoten Belgium 600,00 Boom Belgium 300,00 Glenelg Shire Australia 289,52 Sint-Lievens- Boortmeerbeek Belgium 229,50 Houtem Belgium 300,00 Leichhardt Australia 1.140,19 Bornem Belgium 505,81 Sint-Truiden Belgium 600,00 Marion Australia 126,13 Brasschaat Belgium 928,34 Stabroek Belgium 443,35 Bosnia and Tešanj Herzegovina 400,00 Brecht Belgium 600,00 Staden Belgium 275,00 Chetwynd Canada 39,51 Brugge Belgium 2.925,00 Stekene Belgium 300,00 Duncan Canada 158,25 Comines-War- Thuin Belgium 100,00 neton Belgium 300,00 Boucherville Canada 592,74 Tielt Belgium 300,00 Dendermonde Belgium 600,00 Goderich Canada 195,70 Torhout Belgium 300,00 Deinze Belgium 50,00 Montreal Canada 3.587,23 Vilvoorde Belgium 600,00 Durbuy Belgium 125,00 Pugwash Canada 17,49 Virton Belgium 150,00 Eeklo Belgium 250,00 North Vancouver Canada 392,74 Veurne Belgium 250,00 Erezee Belgium 75,00 Saint-François Canada 9,73 Waasmunster Belgium 300,00 Xavier de Viger Evere Belgium 600,00 Waregem Belgium 600,00 Spruce Grove Canada 27,27 Flobecq Belgium 300,00 Wijnegem Belgium 300,00 Stratford Canada 249,19 Geetbets Belgium 144,65 Wetteren Belgium 250,00 Whistler Canada 300,00 Genk Belgium 2.000,00 Wortegem- Amman Jordan 292,74 Gent Belgium 1.000,00 Petegem Belgium 156,70 Beckerich Luxembourg 300,00 Gesves Belgium 490,00 Wuustwezel Belgium 300,00 Bettembourg Luxembourg 300,00 Habay Belgium 200,00 Zoersel Belgium 100,00 Clervaux Luxembourg 300,00 Hamont-Achel Belgium 100,00 Zonnebeke Belgium 320,00 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg 300,00 Harelbeke Belgium 600,00 Zottegem Belgium 300,00 Lintgen Luxembourg 300,00 Hechtel Eksel Belgium 100,00 Zoutleeuw Belgium 100,00 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1.200,00 Herzele Belgium 425,00 Zwijndrecht Belgium 460,00 Manternach Luxembourg 300,00 Hoogstraten Belgium 300,00 Kutina Croatia 625,00 Mertzig Luxembourg 50,00 Ichtegem Belgium 125,00 Stari Grad Croatia 300,00 Schengen Luxembourg 100,00 Kalmthout Belgium 300,00 Vukovar Croatia 50,00 Schifflange Luxembourg 300,00 Kapellen Belgium 250,00 AFCDRP France 10.300,00 Useldange Luxembourg 50,00 Knokke-Heist Belgium 600,00 Dessau-Rosslau Germany 50,00 Waldbillig Luxembourg 100,00 Koksijde Belgium 300,00 Engen Germany 300,00 Leerdam Netherlands 300,00 Kortrijk Belgium 1.000,00 Freiburg im Breisgau Germany 1.000,00 Aurskog-Holand Norway 300,00 Kuurne Belgium 315,00 Hannover Germany 3.500,00 Frogn Norway 300,00 Langemark- Belgium 300,00 Poelkapelle Lohfelden Germany 600,00 Gjerdrum Norway 300,00

Laarne Belgium 300,00 Neustadt am Hordaland Fylke- Norway 300,00 Rübenberge Germany 350,00 skommune Lennik Belgium 200,00 Offenburg Germany 1.200,00 Lorenskog Norway 300,00 Lint Belgium 50,00 Radeberg Germany 600,00 Batalha Portugal 300,00 Maarkedal Belgium 300,00 Ratingen Germany 250,00 Cãmara de Portugal 300,00 Maaseik Belgium 300,00 Lobos Stuttgart Germany 1.000,00 Machelen Belgium 312,50 Arcos de Val- Portugal 600,00 Wernau Germany 100,00 devez Meerhout Belgium 150,00 Barlassina Italy 100,00 Kils Komun Sweden 300,00 Meise Belgium 300,00 Basel Switzerland 1.750,00 Borgo San Italy 300,00 Melle Belgium 260,00 Lorenzo Bern Switzerland 801,29 Merelbeke Belgium 300,00 Brivio Italy 100,00 Geneva Switzerland 1.750,00 Mesen Belgium 24,61 Calenzano Italy 300,00 Heiden Switzerland 200,00 Mol Belgium 600,00 Collebeato Italy 119,07 Lancy Switzerland 602,57 Mortsel Belgium 300,00 Lari Italy 200,00 Le Locle Switzerland 300,00 Nazareth Belgium 275,00 Mazzarino Italy 293,50 Meyrin Switzerland 300,00 Neerpelt Belgium 100,00 Pelugo Italy 300,00 Montreux Switzerland 293,43 Nieuwpoort Belgium 300,00 Quistello Italy 300,00 Renens Switzerland 204,33 Nijlen Belgium 250,00 Vernio Italy 300,00 Montevideo Uruguay 978,74 Oostkamp Belgium 552,75 Vobarno Italy 300,00 Tainan Taiwan 772,74 Opglabbeek Belgium 250,00 Kapiti Coast New Zealand 298,19 Total: 84.810,25 Peer Belgium 300,00 Wellington New Zealand 285,15

28 • Mayor for Peace 2020 Progress Report 2010 Table for calculating contributions from member cities according to population and national GNI

Information concerning the Local authority World Bank Group* calculation of the fee (According to GNI per capita 2010, Atlas method) Group I Group II Group III Group IV In 2009 the campaign laun- ched a contribution system Population Suggested contribution € based on the size of the city <25,000 50 150 200 300 and the Gross National Income 25,001 - 50,000 100 300 400 600 per Capita. The fees reflect the 50,001- 100,000 150 350 450 1200 differing financial realities of 100,001 - 200,000 200 400 500 1750 our members, taking national 200,001 - 300,000 issues into account. This year 250 450 550 2250 we keep on using this system 300,001 -500,000 300 500 600 2750 that was launched to help Hiro- 500,001 - 750,000 350 550 650 3500 shima and Nagasaki, who have 750,001 -1,000,000 400 650 750 4500 carried the financial burden for 1,000,001 - 2,000,000 450 750 1000 5750 over 25 years. If would like to 2,000,001 - 4,000,000 500 1000 2000 7000 calculate your city’s contribu- > 4,000,000 tion, please use the table below. 750 1500 3000 8000

*Group I: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Group III: Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Argentina, Burundi, Cambodia, Central Afr. Rep., Chad, Comoros, Congo Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, (Dem.Rep), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia (The), Guinea, Guinea- Bulgaria, Chile, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Bissau,Haiti, Kenya, Korea (Dem.Rep), Kyrgyz Rep., Liberia, Dominican Rep., Gabon, Grenada, Iran (Islam.Rep), Jamaica, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia Niger, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tajikistan, Tanzania, (FYR), Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Monte- Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe. negro, Namibia, Palau, Panama, Peru, Romania, Russian Fed., Serbia, Secheylles, South Africa, St.Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Suriname, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uruguay, Venezuela (RB)

Group II: Angola, Armenia, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Cameroon, Group IV: Andorra, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Cape Verde, Congo (Rep.) Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Ecuador, Austria, Bahamas (The), Bahrein, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Egypt (Arab Rep.), El Salvador, Fiji, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Cayman Islands, Channel Islands, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kiribati, Kosovo, Lao Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Rep., Denmark, Equatorial Guinea, PDR, Lesotho, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Micronesia (Fed. Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Ger- Sts.), Moldova, Mongolia, Morrocco, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Paki- many, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Guam, Hong Kong (China), stan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Samoa, Sao Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea Tomé & Principe, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Solomon Islands, Sudan, (Rep.), Kuwait, Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macao (Chi- Swaziland, Syrian Arab. Rep, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Turkmenistan, na), Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West. Bank & Gaza, Caledonia, New Zealand, N. Marina Islands, Norway, Oman, Yemen (Rep.), Zambia Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovak Rep., Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks and Caicos Isl., United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Progress Report 2012 Mayors for Peace 2020 • 29 Mayors for Peace 2020 Vision Campaign

Expenses/income table:

EXPENSES 31/12/2011 31/12/2010 31/12/2009 31/12/2008

Staff (salaries include social benefits,etc.)

International Office Manager Ypres (2) 0,00 18060,86 Office staff 44980,14 67013,74 55258,67 2485,55 EU European Voluntary Service 5364,40 13171,72 6975,23 9770,08 Consulting (i.e. strategic, legal & financial) 1001,95 1162,41 3146,95 1717,62

SUBTOTAL 51346,49 81347,87 65380,85 32034,11

Services & supplies

Office supplies 1331,21 2402,19 3787,25 2079,91 Office maintenance 177,75 204,41 0 0 Insurances volunteers 83,64 83,64 74,95 71,01 Insurances staff 848,76 353,41 278,87 453,85 Office communications 4329,82 8934,83 5530,52 4490,19 2020 VC Outreach materials 4885,83 3084,02 11021,91 4464,63 Travel international 1964,17 12650,81 4011,91 3760,87 2020 VC Conferences & meetings 5640,23 361,5 2983,98 2288 Other conferences & meetings 143,51 954,05 0 407,92 Travel Belgium (staff & volunteers) 478,80 1256,37 5304,2 3538,12

SUBTOTAL 19883,72 30285,23 32993,59 21554,5

Other expenses Depreciations 913,28 1754,78 Financial costs (bank fees) 142,50 104,93 90,17 65,76 Taxes 73,00 59,33 81,54 60,63 Various costs 177,77 SUBTOTAL 1128,78 2096,81 171,71 126,39

TOTAL Expenses 72358,99 113729,91 98546,15 53715

INCOME

Contributions members Member cities 87588,19 93995,65 84611,55 61058,6 Participation fees MfP activities 0 750 Subsidies and grants EU grant EVS Youth for Action 16054,19 2592,54 21361,25 8893 Foundations 6458,91 0 0 0 Interest 486,67 395,64 543,59 404,17 Various income 108,25 752,61 TOTAL income 110587,96 97092,08 106516,39 71858,38

BALANCE for the year (€) 38228,97 -16637,83 7970,24 18143,38

ACCUMULATIVE Balance 49233,80 11004,83 26113,62

30 • Mayors for Peace 2020 Progress Report 2012 Fukushima 2011: ‘The myth that nuclear plants are completely safe has crumbled’

ollowing the tragic events that ry, with a full meltdown in reactors one, occurred in Fukushima in 2011, two and three. Additionally four spent fuel Local governments oppose Fthe bi-annual Executive Conference pools with high-level radioactive waste nuclear energy of Mayors for Peace, held in Granollers were compromised in reactor buildings th th UPDATE FROM JAPAN (Spain) on November 9 and 10 , set out one, two, three and four. Mayors organize anti-nuclear forum its position on nuclear energy for the first Due to radioactive contamination, At the start of May 2012 all 54 Japanese time. Mayors for Peace declared in its final people within a 30 km zone around the nuclear reactors will be shut down as a re- resolution: ‘’The ongoing threat of radia- Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant were sult of local governments refusing to give the permits to restart the reactors. tion has generated tremendous anxiety ordered to evacuate. Soon radioactive th among those living [near Fukushima] and particles were found in tap water and a On April 8 2012 Kyodo News reported millions around the world. The issue of that fifteen current and former mayors will growing list of foods such as rice, tea, hold a conference at the end of April 2012 nuclear power has become a global public mushrooms, fish and baby foods. At one in Tokyo to lobby against nuclear plants. debate. Whether the source of radiation point in the developing crisis, officials Hajime Mikami, mayor of Kosai in Shizuoka exposure is nuclear bombs, nuclear testing, were even considering whether it would be Prefecture declared “We thought we or nuclear energy, we must do everything necessary to evacuate the capital, Tokyo. should set up the conference before Kan- we can to prevent any more hibakusha sai Electric Power Co. restarts its Oi nuclear In the face of this nuclear disaster, the ma- plant” in Fukui Prefecture. “By breaking anywhere. We must create a society that is yors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki used their away from nuclear plants, we will protect supported by safer energy’’. the lives and property of residents.” respective Peace Declarations, delivered th On March 11 , 2011, a powerful earth- every year at commemoration ceremonies According to Kyodo News the group is urging other mayors to join the con- quake struck off the north-east coast of to mark the anniversaries of the atomic ference, which is aimed at eliminating Japan, triggering a giant tsunami. The bombings of Japan, to highlight the shift nuclear plants and will meet biannually subsequent nuclear disaster at the Fu- in both cities’ position regarding nuclear to discuss atomic power. The conferences will also compile proposals on renewable kushima Daiichi Power Plant only added to energy. energy usage, as well as the evacuation the growing horror and concern of people During the Hiroshima commemoration on of children and provision of safe food for around the world. them. August 6th, Prime Minister Kan repeated Japanese officials initially assessed the his call for an energy review and vowed UPDATE FROM EUROPE: New network of cities against nuclear accident as level four on the International to challenge ‘’the safety myth of nuclear energy Nuclear Event Scale (INES). This level was power’’. Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui Following the Fukushima disaster the City successively raised to five and eventually echoed these sentiments but stopped short of Vienna (Austria) brought an initiative to seven, the maximum possible value, of appealing for a complete abandonment towards the European Commission. Ms.Ulli Sima, the councillor for the environment matching that of the 1986 Chernobyl of nuclear power. of the City of Vienna declared that “in our disaster. At the Nagasaki Ceremony on August 9th, densely populated Europe it is almost inevitable that many urban areas would While the Japanese government and the Mayor Tomihisa Taue called on Japan to seriously and most likely irrevocably, suffer nuclear industry initially downplayed the change its nuclear policy and reject not from a nuclear accident. Our concern is to Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, it only atomic weapons but also nuclear take the lessons not only from Chernobyl and Fukushima, but also from all other soon became apparent that it was, in fact, power, as a decades-old fear of radiation accidents in the history of nuclear energy, the worst nuclear accident in human histo- sickness was renewed. seriously and to ensure the safety of the public as well as the livelihood of future generations”. In an article in the Mainichi Daily News published on August 8th, the Mayor of Nagasaki declared: ‘’Since the disaster at the Vienna’s initiative has received initial sup- Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant began, I have wondered port from the cities of Antwerpen, Bergen, constantly, “What mistakes did we make, where did we make Frankfurt, Köln, Münich, Nicosia, Hannover them, and why?” I have thought not just about factors directly and the NFLA UK and all Ireland (Nuclear related to the nuclear plant, such as its location or safety, but Free Local Authorities). also about possible causes in our society or ways of thinking. One of them is the problem of myths. The myth that nuclear As we have learned from Chernobyl and plants are completely safe has crumbled’’. Fukushima radioactive contamination In another major development, hibakusha (the survivors of does not stop at national borders. The the A-bombs) also changed their stance on nuclear power. The initiative from Vienna should also be seen atomic bombing victims’ organization, Nihon Hidankyo, had in historic perspective. On November 5th previously restricted itself to campaigning for the prevention of nuclear war and the elimination of nuclear weapons. Even 1978, in a national referendum, a majority after the accidents at Chernobyl and Three Mile Island, their of the Austrian population voted against statements were limited to occasional and unemphatic calls the start of the completed Zwentendorf for better safety testing and research at nuclear power plants. nuclear power plant. A month later the However, in the wake of the radiation released following the Austrian National Assembly passed a law Fukushima disaster, they have now also turned against nuclear prohibiting the use of nuclear energy in power. Austria.

Progress Report 2012 Mayors for Peace 2020 • 31 Mayors for Peace 2020 Vision Campaign Thanks and acknowledgments

We would like to thank the cities of Mr. Tomihisa Taue Mr. Khder Kareem North America Secretariat staff Hiroshima and Nagasaki for their Mayor of Nagasaki, Japan Mayor of Halabja, Iraq financial and logistical support, along Mr. Marcelo Ebrard Mr. Matteo Renzi Jackie Cabasso, North America Coordi- with the member cities who made a Mayor of Mexico City, Mexico Mayor of Florence, Italy nator and Executive Advisor, Oakland financial contribution during 2011 (see Mr. Sadrach Zeledón Rocha Mr. Ricardo Baptista list page 28). 2020 Vision Campaigners Mayor of Matagalpa, Nicaragua Executive Director of AALMAC, Mexico We would also like to thank all Mayors Mr. Thore Vestby City, Mexico Micaela Mezzadra Dichiara, Argentina for Peace supporters from member Mayor of Frogn, Norway Ms. Irena Elinetskayo Heidrun Konrad, Austria cities, civil society, and NGOs, as well as Vice-Mayor of Volgograd, Russian Mr. Marco Alvarez Vargas Cinthia Heanna, Brazil our staff and volunteers. Mayor of San Borja, Peru Federation Bibiana Ángel González, Colombia Ms. Carme Barbany Mr. Sergey Sokolov Edine von Herold, Costa Rica General Meeting of Mayors for Peace Mayor of Volgograd, Russia Mayor’s Counsellor, Granollers, Spain Wolfgang Schlupp-Hauck, Germany 2020 Vision Campaign Association (as Mr. Josep Mayoral i Antigas Mr. Sean Morris Xanthe Hall, Germany of February 2012) Mayor of Granollers, Spain Director, NFLA, Manchester, UK Thanasis Anapolitanos, Greece Mr. Guy Morin Mr. Donald L. Plusquellic Mr. Kazumi Matsui, President Mayor of Basel, Switzerland Mayor of Akron, Ohio, USA Franck Simon, Haiti Mayor of Hiroshima, Japan Mr. Robert Winter Shahriar Khateri, Iran Mr. Daniel Tsakem, Vice-President Lord Provost of Glasgow, UK International Secretariat staff (as of Lisa Clark, Italy Mayor of Fongo-Tongo, Cameroon February 2012) Mr. Harry Lyons Jorge Nuñez Alba, Mexico Mr. Julio Pereyra Lord Mayor of Manchester, UK Benedict Winnubst, Netherlands Mayor of Florencio Varela, Pdt of FAM, Aaron Tovish, International Campaign Bert Sweerts, Netherlands Argentina Mr. Donald L. Plusquellic Director, Vienna Mayor of Akron, Ohio, US Meybol Damaris, Nicaragua Mr. Brad Pettitt Pol Heanna DHuyvetter, International Mayor of Fremantle, Australia Ms. Ana Olivera Development Director, Rio de Janeiro Stine Rodmyr, Norway Mayor of Montevideo, Uruguay Mr. Philippe Collard Matthias Breyne, Secretariat Managing Ursula Gelis, Norway Director, Ypres Lizett Vasquez, Peru Mayor of Bastogne, Belgium Board of Directors of Mayors for Peace Mr. Luc Dehaene 2020 Vision Campaign Association (as Cristal Ntchantchou, Communications Amadou Coly Gomis, Senegal EVS Volunteer, Ypres Mayor of Ypres, Belgium of February 2012) Meit Krakau, Sweden Mr. Eduardo Paes Rachel Hunt, Communications Intern Samil Yalciner, Turkey The Board meets at least twice each year Volunteer, Ypres Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Peter Burt, UK to deal with management issues. Mr. João Coser Conny Bertier, Bookkeeping and Finan- George Farebrother, UK Mayor of Vitória, Pdt of FNP, Brazil Mr. Kazumi Matsui, President cial administration, Ypres Mayor of Hiroshima, Japan Melvin Hardy, USA Mr. Gerald Tremblay Anthony Seaboyer, Representative to Mr. Luc Dehaene, Chairman Mayor of Montreal, Canada the UN, New York Former staff and volunteers Mayor of Ypres, Belgium Mr. Álvaro Jimenéz Cruz Esteban Ramirez-Gonzalez, Representa- Mayor of Montes de Oro, Costa Rica Ms. Jasminka Bajlo, Vice-Chair tive to the UN, Geneva Cristoph Pilger, Managing Director Mayor’s Counsellor, Biograd na Moru, Ann Clark, Communications Intern Mr. Ivan Knez Croatia Maria Laura Videla, Representative to Mayor of Biograd na Moru, Croatia the UN, Vienna Volunteer Mr. Filip Deheegher, Treasurer Karine Gevorgyan, Communications Ms. Catherine Margaté Sarah Maria Koch, Representative to the Director Peace Department City of Ypres, Intern Volunteer Mayor of Malakoff, France Belgium UN, Vienna Pasqulino Guidotti, Communications Mr. Stephan Weil Mr. Aaron Tovish, Secretary Intern Volunteer Mayor of Hannover, Germany Ex-officio member as International Latin America and the Caribbean Jana Nábožná, Communications EVS Mr. Khder Kareem Campaign Director Secretariat staff Volunteer Mayor of Halabja, Iraq Mr. Jean Paul Nanfack Alberto Pecoraro, Communications Mr. Benny Vaknin Vice-Mayor of Fongo-Tongo, Cameroon Cinthia Heanna, Assistant Coordinator, Intern Volunteer Mayor of Ashkelon, Israel Mr. Michel Cibot Rio de Janeiro Hannah Rickayzen, Communications Mr. Samir Darwish Chief Administrator of Malakoff, France Abigail Cruz, Communications Officer, Intern Volunteer Mayor of Zemir, Israel Mr. Paul Schneider Mexico City Mr. Matteo Renzi Head of the Int. Affairs Unit, Hannover, Naara Keyla Reyes Nuñes, Communica- Mayor of Florence, Italy Germany tions Assistant, Liberia

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