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Mayors for Peace Gratefully Welcomes the Following New Members 56 new cities have joined Mayors for Peace. Thus, the Conference involves 2,926 cities in 134 countries and regions around the world. As of June 1, 2009 No Country City/Municipality Mayor 1 Austria Purkersdorf Mr. Karl Schlögl 2 Burkina Faso Dedougou Mr. Gnami Valentin Konate 3 Canada Rothesay Mr. Bill Bishop 4 Finland Nousiainen Mr. Jukka Weisell 5 France Clichy la Garenne Mr. Gilles Catoire 6 France Sanary sur Mer Dr. Ferdinand Bernhard 7 France Unieux Mr. Faverjon Christophe 8 Germany Bad Säckingen Mr. Martin Weissbrot 9 Israel Basma Mr. Riad Kabha 10 Israel Bat-Yam Mr. Shlomo Lahyany 11 Israel Bney-Ayish Mr. Mark Basin 12 Israel Elaboun Mr. Geries Mattar 13 Israel Gilboa Mr. Daniel Atar 14 Israel Hatzor Haglilit Mr. Shiman Swisa 15 Israel Horfish Mr. Saleh Fares 16 Israel Illut Mr. Ali Hasan 17 Israel Jaljulia Mr. Jaber Jaber 18 Israel Jiser el Zarka Mr. Ezaldeen Amash 19 Israel Julis Mr. Salman Hino 20 Israel Kadima Zoran Mr. Yithak Golbari 21 Israel Kfar Bara Mr. Assi Mahmood 22 Israel Kfar Qara Mr. Nazeeh Massarwy 23 Israel Kiryat Malachi Mr. Motti Malka 24 Israel Lev-Hasharon Mr. Amir Ritov 25 Israel Lower Galilee Mr. Moti Dotan 26 Israel Metulla Mr. Herzel Boker 27 Israel Nahef Mr. Aminadav Argov 28 Israel Ramat-Negev Mr. Shmuel Rifman 29 Israel Ramat-Yishay Mr. Ofer Ben Eliezer 30 Israel Rosh-Ha'ayin Mr. Moshe Sinai 31 Israel Sakhnin Mr. Mazen Ganayem 32 Israel Yavne Mr. Zvi Gov-Ari 33 Israel Zemer Mr. Samir Darwish 34 Italy Albisola Superiore Mr. Lionello Parodi 35 Italy Cassinetta di Lugagnano Mr. Domenico Finaguerra 36 Italy Luino Mr. Gianercole Mentasti 37 Italy Regione Puglia Mr. Nicola Vendola No Country City/Municipality Mayor 38 Japan Akita Mr. Motomu Hozumi 39 Japan Fukuchi Mr. Koji Urata 40 Japan Iwakuni Mr. Yoshihiko Fukuda 41 Japan Izumi(Kagoshima) Mr. Toshihiko Shibuya 42 Japan Izumi(Osaka) Mr. Yoshiyuki Isaka 43 Japan Kasukabe Mr. Ryozo Ishikawa 44 Japan Kokubunji Mr. Nobuo Hoshino 45 Japan Kyotamba Mr. Shigeki Matsubara 46 Japan Nagano Mr. Shoichi Washizawa 47 Japan Toyosato Mr. Sadamu Ito 48 Japan Ukiha Mr. Yasuo Ido 49 Japan Wadomari Mr. Sanetoshi Ijichi 50 Korea Hongcheon Mr. Rho Seung Chul 51 Spain Ordis Ms. Maria Crehuet Wennberg 52 Spain Rellinars Mr. Francesc Sales i Benitez 53 Sweden Borlänge Ms. Yvonne Karlén 54 Sweden Ovanåker Mr. Nils Erik Falk 55 U.K. Aberystwyth Ms. Susan Jones-Davies 56 U.S.A. Middletown (DE) Mr. Kenneth Branner Jr..

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