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Mayors for Peace (founded as The World Conference of Mayors for Peace through Inter-city Solidarity, renamed in 2001) is an international organization of cities dedicated to the promotion of peace that was established in 1982 at the initiative of then Mayor of Hiroshima Takeshi Araki, in response to the deaths of around 140,000 people due to the atomic bombing of the city on August 6, 1945.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 10 relations: Hiroshima–Nagasaki Protocol, Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, Kazumi Matsui, Mairead Maguire, Mayors of Hiroshima, Takeshi Araki, Ted Kennedy, The Ribbon International, Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 2020 Vision Campaign.

  2. International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
  3. Municipal international relations
  4. Non-profit organizations based in Japan

Hiroshima–Nagasaki Protocol

The Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol is a proposed protocol complementary to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) being championed by the Mayors for Peace 2020 Vision Campaign gathering the support of local authorities and civil society actors all over the world.

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Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations

The, often shortened to, is a group formed by hibakusha in 1956 with the goals of pressuring the Japanese government to improve support of the victims and lobbying governments for the abolition of nuclear weapons.

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Kazumi Matsui

is a Japanese politician and the current mayor of Hiroshima, the capital city of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan.

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Mairead Maguire

Mairead MaguireFairmichael, p. 28: "Mairead Corrigan, now Mairead Maguire, married her former brother-in-law, Jackie Maguire, and they have two children of their own as well as three by Jackie's previous marriage to Ann Maguire." (born 27 January 1944), also known as Mairead Corrigan Maguire and formerly as Mairéad Corrigan, is a peace activist from Northern Ireland.

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Mayors of Hiroshima

Mayor of Hiroshima is the head of the local government of Hiroshima City.

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Takeshi Araki

was the mayor of Hiroshima from 1975 to 1991.

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Ted Kennedy

Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts.

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The Ribbon International

The Ribbon International is a United Nations non-governmental organization that created a large decorated cloth promoting nuclear disarmament and care and protection of the earth.

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Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT, is an international treaty intended to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament.

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2020 Vision Campaign

The 2020 Vision Campaign was a failed international campaign that supposed to push for a nuclear-weapon-free world by the year 2020.

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See also

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

Municipal international relations

Non-profit organizations based in Japan

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayors_for_Peace

Also known as World Conference of Mayors for Peace through Inter-city Solidarity.