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About Mayors for Peace

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MFP CAC Art 2
"Peace in the Community" by Righteous (School of the Arts)

Mayors for Peace was created to work towards getting rid of nuclear weapons and promoting world peace.

In June 1982, at the UN's 2nd Special Session on Disarmament, Hiroshima’s Mayor Takeshi Araki urged cities worldwide to join together for this cause, leading to the formation of “The World Conference of Mayors for Peace through Inter-city Solidarity,” later renamed Mayors for Peace in 2001. This organization, recognized as an NGO by the UN in 1991, aims to tackle global issues like getting rid of nuclear weapons, poverty, refugee problems, human rights abuses, and environmental damage by uniting cities around the world.

The urgency of its mission is underlined by the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, where atomic bombs killed over 210,000 people and left survivors (hibakusha) suffering from lasting radiation effects. The hibakusha’s wish that “no one should ever suffer as we have” continues to drive the organization's efforts for a peaceful world.