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sr-011111-13d13- January 11, 2011 Council Meeting: January 11, 2011 Santa Monica, California CITY CLERK'S OFFICE -MEMORANDUM To: City Council From: Mayor Bloom and Mayor Pro Tem Davis Date: January 11, 2011 13-D: Request of Mayor Bloom and Mayor pro Tem Gleam Davis that the City of Santa Monica join '°Mayors for Peace" a conference of cities led by Hiroshima and Nagasaki with a goal of changing policies of governments that target cities with nuclear weapons and ultimately, eliminating nuclear weapons. 13- January '! 1, 2011 REC~iY EC3 OFFICE OF l HE CiT1' CLE~f: SANTA hIOHtC~, G&l.F. i4 December 2010 Mayor Richard Bloom Santa Monica City Hall 1685 Main Street, Room 209 Santa Monica, CA 90401 Dear Mayor Bloom: 2046 Fourteenth Street, # 11 Santa Monica, CA 90405 With your commencement of a new teen as our mayor, we write to set up a meeting with you to discuss Santa Monica becoming a part of Mayors for Peace, the international movement to abolish nuclear weapons. As Santa Monica peacemakers, who have lived and worked here for decades, we find it odd and, frankly, dangerous that the city has failed to take a clear stance against the continued threat the existence of nuclear arsenals poses to each of its residents and visitors, who are now tazgeted. Driven by cities across the planet, the Mayors for Peace initiative seeks to abolish nuclear weapons by 2020. At this point, more than 4,000 cities worldwide, half of the capitals, half of the largest urban centers and more than 160 United States cities have joined Mayors for Peace. Last year, Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, who leads the effort as its president, addressed a plenary session of the United States Conference of Mayors to share the 2020 Vision Campaign (http://www.2020visioncam~aign.org), and this year the conference passed a resolution supporting the commitment. Some of us, last summer, tried to begin a conversation with the late Mayor Genser about Santa Monica participating in the effort, but, unfortunately, his illness and death prevented much progress. Certainly, now is the time for Santa Monica to act and add to the groundswell, especially as the United States Senate considers ratifying the New START Treaty. Nothing could more of a local concern than making sure that our self-government, on every level, safeguards its people against what President Kennedy chillingly declared in 1961 before the United Nations to be "a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging by the slenderest of threads." Please make contact with Mr. Randy Ziglar or Ms. Cris Gutierrez at (310) 452-0362 or by e-mail at rand~g ar(cr~,hotmail.com or cristeachnn,earthlink.net respectively, to arrange a meeting with you as soon as possible so that we can begimtogether to express Santa Monica's voice on the matter. With steadfast sp~i~r/it's, Blase $onpane, ffi e of the Americas Th sa onnane, Of ce of the j/ei~e5til"Jim~nn, Former Santa Monica Mayor ~~ ~~~ Reverend RebegCa Benefiel Bijur, Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica stCris Gutierrez, Los ~r g'eles Area for Nuclear Disarmament Coalition ~~ ~~ ofessor Christine Holmgr Santa Monica College `~yG~'~, Father Tim Klosterman, St. Monica's Catholic Church ~~~ f~ ~~ Ms. S an McCorry, Santa Monica Master Gardener -' ~~l ~ J everend Janet McKeithen, Church at Ocean Pazk -~M~s. Linda Piera-Avila, Santa Monica Urban Forest Task Force Member Mr. Randglaz, Los Angeles Area for Nuclear Disarmament Coalition cc: Council Member Gleam Davis, Mayor Pro Tempore Council Member Robert Holbrook Council Member Kevin McKeown Council Member Pam O'Connor Council Member Terry O'Day Council Member Bobby Shriver iWlayors for i'eace / J~ /: Secretariat C/O Hiroshima Peace Culture Pounda[ion. I-5 Nakajima-cho Naka-ku hiroshima 730-0811 .lapan Phone:81-82-242-7821 Fax:81-82-242-7452 E-mail..-mayorcont~pcECify.hiroshima.jp Dear yellow Mayor, November 2010 I trust this letter finds you well 1 am writing today to invite you to join Mayors for Peace, a conference of cities led by Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As you know, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were instantly obliterated by atomic bombings in August 1945. Hundreds of thousands of precious lives were lost. To avoid any repetition of this horrifying tragedy, the A-bombed cities have worked continuously to communicate to the world the inhumanity of the atomic bombings and the need to abolish nuclear weapons. Mayors for Peace was founded in 1982 by the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to promote the total elimination of nuclear weapons as a vital step toward genuine and lasting world peace. In 2003 with 500 member cities, we launched a 2020 Vision Campaign aiming at the total abolition of nuclear weapons by 2020. Today, our 4,301 members in 149 countries and regions are engaged in a wide variety of peace activities across the globe. U.S. President Obama's call fora "world without nuclear weapons" in Prague in April 2009 raised expectations throughout the international community. Later in 2009, with President Obama presiding, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution for the abolition of nuclear weapons. In 2010, the United States and Russia committed themselves to a new START. Mayors for Peace has been an integral part of this movement, demonstrating conclusively that cities around the world are united in demanding that the nucleaz-weapon states change their nuclear policies and lead us to the nuclear-weapon-free world they have promised for so long. Mayors for Peace has been raising international public awareness through a broad spectrum of activities of the 2020 Vision. We proposed the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol, a roadmap governments should follow to achieve anuclear-weapon-free world. We have also been gathering signatures on a grassroots petition asserting that Cities Are Not Targets. Through this project, we are demanding assurances that no populated azeas are targeted for annihilation by nuclear weapons. This past May, we formed a mayoral delegation that attended the NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) Review Conference to directly urge national representatives to abolish nuclear weapons at the earliest possible date. Because we are so determined to eliminate nuclear weapons by 2020, we are now studying the feasibility of hosting the 2020 Olympic Games in Hiroshima. We would do so as a "festival of peace" celebrating our planet's liberation from nuclear weapons. We have been amazed by the vocal public support this idea has received from cities azound Japan, and endorsements continue to flow in as the idea spreads around the world. By joining Mayors for Peace, you can greatly strengthen our bid for the Olympics and, most importantly, our bid to eliminate nuclear weapons before they eliminate us. To help abolish nuclear weapons and bequeath to our children a cleaner, safer, more peaceful and sustainable world, please jom Mayors for Peace and take an active role in our campaign. I close with my best wishes for your continued good health and sound growth for your city. Sincerely yours, Ja.P~d Tadatoshi Akiba Mayor of Hiroshima President Mayors for Peace To Dc Tadatoshi Akiba Mayor of Hiroshima President of Mayors for Peace ! hereby express my city/municipality's support for the abolition of nuclear weapons and desire to join Mayors for Peace.* Name of your country; Name of your city/municipality:, Mayor's Gender:^Male ^Female Contact person Name: Gender:OMale ^Female E-mail Mayor's *This registration form implies your city/municipality's decision to join Mayors for Peace. If your city/municipality requires specific procedures, including approval from your city/municipal council, please submit this form after such procedures are completed. _ Please send this form to: Mayors for Feace Secretariat FAX : +g1-82-242-7452 E-mail : mayorcon@pcfcity.hiroshimajp Three Minute Talking Points Hiroshima Protocol 1. Nuclear weapons not only destroy military targets, but they kill vast numbers of civilians and we civilians in the LA basin are prime targets. Cities are concerned for their citizens and that is why nearly 4301 cities worldwide have joined Mayors for Peace and are now calling for completing disarmament by 2020 with this resolution. 2. It is unconscionable, as a civilized people, to use these weapons against other civilian populations. How many children dying is acceptable collateral damage? In an international poll late last year, 77% of Americans strongly or somewhat favored elimination of nuclear weapons. 4. The cost to maintain our nuclear arsenal is $50 billion dollars a year or more than $160 dollars for every person in the US -and we can't even use them. S. If we want other nations such as Pakistan, India, North Korea or Iran to eliminate or not produce their own nuclear weapons, we, Russia, France, Brittan and China need to lead by example. 6. Eliminating thousand of warheads and reducing the number of third world countries that have them is the best defense against terrorist use of nuclear weapons. This is not a unilateral disarmament, but a staged and coordinated effort with the other nations who have these weapons and implementing protocols to verify reduction and elimination. Making citizens safer, saving money, leading the world away from the brink of disaster, reducing terrorist threats -how can we not support this effort at eliminating nuclear weapons? (Letterhead) Dear Mr./Ms. (councilperson/mayor): The Mayors for Peace program is an opportunity for our city to stand in solidarity with more than 4301 (up from 28001ast year) cities worldwide and 163 (up from 1341ast year) cities in the United States against the use and maintenance of nuclear weapons. Mayors for Peace is an NGO of the United Nations and was founded in 1982. Their mission statement is: The Mayors for Peace, through close cooperation among the cities, strives to raise international public awareness regarding the need to abolish nuclear weapons and contributes to the realization of genuine and lasting world peace by working to eliminate starvation and poverty, assist refugees fleeing local conflict, support human rights, protect the environment, and solve the other problems that threaten peaceful coexistence within the human family. We are a member organization of the Los Angeles Area Nuclear Disarmament Coalition (LAANDC). This coalition is promoting August 6- 9, 2011 as a period to remember the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to help us focus on the need to eliminate our nuclear arsenal. There is presidential and congressional commitment to ratify the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), but we need Senate ratification. There are also efforts to strengthen and expand the Non- proliferation Treaty. We all need to support these efforts. We ask you to consider (city) joining the Mayors for Peace and standing with a growing number of cities in California that believe in peace and a world without nuclear weapons. Sincerely, California Member Cities Berkeley(CA)('88.2) Carmel-by-the-Sea(CA)('85.6) Compton(CA)('93.7) Dublin(CA)('05.2) Fairfax(CA)('07.10) Fresno(CA)('85.5) Irvine(CA)('85.4) La Mesa(CA)('09.7) Long Beach(CA)('05.5) Los Angeles(CA)('88.7) Lynwood(CA)('93.8) Marina(CA)('85.6) Oakland(CA)('07.8) Palo Alto(CA)('85.5) Petaluma(CA)('09.12) Richmond(CA)('07.10) San Francisco(CA)('83.8) San Leandro(CA)('09.2) San Pablo (CA)('10.5) Santa Barbara(CA)('02.9) Santa Cruz(CA)('88.2) Saratoga(CA)('85.4) Sebastopol(CA)('98.2) Signal Hill(CA)('09.10) Wasco(CA)('05.9) Sacramento(CA)('85.4) South Pasadena(CA)('93.7) Mayors for Peace (INBEX] Page Mayors for Peace ..................................................... .............. y The 2020 Vision ....................................................... _. .............2 Outline of the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol••~~~~••- -•---••••--- ••-~•-•••~~~~3 The Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol••~~~~~•~~• •--~-••-------•---~--- •~~~~•••~~~~~4 Cities Are Not Targets (CANT) proj ect Petition Drive • • • • ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ • • • - • - - • - - - ~ - - • 5 C ities Are Not Targets (CANT) project Petition Form ~ • • • ~ • ~ ~ ~ ~ • • ~ - ~ - • • • -- • - • 6 Mayors for Peace Covenant ............. .... ..... .................... ............. ~ Mayors for Peace Membership byCountry ~••~•~~~~~••~---~-•~--- ---•--~--••~p November 2010 The City of Hiroshima Mayors for Peace 1 Outline In August 1945, single atomic bombs dropped an the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki instantaneously reduced them to rubble, taking vast numbers of precious lives. To ensure that the atomic tragedy is never repeated anywhere on earth, Hiroshima and Nagasaki have consistently sought to persuade the world that nuclear weapons aze inhumane and have continually called for their total abolition. On June 24 1982, at the 2nd Special Session on .Disarmament held at United Nations Headquarters in New York, [he mayor of Hiroshima announced the Program to Promote the Solidarity of Cities toward the Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons, a plan to build transnational solidarity among cities to facilitate collective efforts toward the elimination of nuclear weapons. The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki issued a joint call to cities everywhere to support this program. Mayors for Peace is a conference of cities that have expressed their support for the program described above. In March 1990, we were registered as an NGO with the United Nations Department of Public Information; Category II status (now called "NGO in Special Consultative Status") with the United Nations Economic and Social Council was granted in May 1991. 2 HistoryofActivities Date Activities June 1982 Called for "Inter-ci Solidarit " ro am at the 2"d [JN S ecial Session on Disarmament Au ust 1985 Held lu World Conference of Ma ors for Peace throw h Inter-ci Solidari June 1988 Attended 3rd S ecial Session on Disarmament at tJN Head ostlers Au usi 1989 Held 2"d World Conference of Ma ors for Peace throw h Inter-cit Solidari Au ust 1993 Held 3`d World Conference of Ma ors for Peace throw h Interci Solidari A ril 1995 Attended NPT Review and Extension Conference Au st 1997 Held 4d' World Conferenceof Ma ors for Peace throw hinter-ci Solidari Ma 2000 Attended NPT Review Conference at UN Head uarters in New York August 2001 Held 5`" World Conference of Mayors for Peace through Inter-city Solidarity; renamed "Ma ors for Peace" A ri12003 Attended 2"d NPT Pre arato Committee meetin November 2003 Ollrcially launched "2020 Vsion Campaign (Emergency Campaign to Ban Nuclear Wea ons " A ril 2004 Led Ma oral Dele ation to 3rd NPT Pre arato Committee meetin Ma 2005 Led Ma oral Dele a[ion to NPT Review Conference Au ust 2005 Held 6` Genernl Conference of Ma ors for Peace Iu(y 2006 Launched Good Faith Challenge and Cities Are Not Targets (CANT) project at events in The Ha ue Netherlands commemorntin lOd' anniversa of ICI adviso o inion A ril 2007 Led Ma oral Dele ation to I"NPT Pre arnto Committee Meetin A tit 2008 Launched Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol at 2" NPT Prepazatory Committee Meeting June 2008 Sent letter to all member cities requesting support for Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol Ma 2009 Led Mayornl Delegation to 3` NPT Preparatory Committee Meeting Au ust 2009 Held 7d' General Conference of Ma ors for Peace May 2010 Led Mayoral Delegation (89 people from 30 cities in (0 countries) to NPT Review Conference in New York Submitted 1,577 mayoral petitions for Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol; 1,024,820 CANT civil etitions to President Cabactulan, NPT Review Conference Mayors for Peace Secretariat c/o :Peace and [ntema[ional Solidarity Promotion Division, Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation TEL : +SI-82-242-7821 FAX : +8]-82-242-7452 E-mail : mayorcon@pcfcityhitoshimajp tJRI.: http://www.mayorsforpeace.org/english/index.html 1 ,ilayors for Peace The 2020 Vision (An Emergency Campaign to Ban Nuclear Weapons) 1 Outline U.S. President Obama called fora "world without nuclear weapons" in Prague in April 2009. A unanimous UN Security Council resolution calls for the abolition of nuclear weapons. The United States and Russia have committed themselves to a new START. Momentum is building, and much of it can be attributed to Mayors for Peace. In 2003, we launched an ">;mergency Campaign to Ban Nuclear Weapons" that quickly became our "2020 Vision," a program to eliminate all nuclear weapons by the year 2020, the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Mayors for Peace, other associations of local authorities, Parliamentarians, NGOs, Tike-minded national governments, and concerned citizens around the world have been working together to promote this campaign. The 2020 Vision Campaign has received support from numerous prestigious organizations, including the EU Parliament, U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM), International Physicians for the Prevention of Nucleaz War (IPPNW), National Conference of Black Mayors, Japan Association of City Mayors, Japah Council of Nuclear-Free Local Authorities, and United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG). 2 Major Activities (1) "The Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol" Mayors for Peace announced the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol, a roadmap to a nuclear-weapon-free world by 2020, at the NPT PrepCom in Geneva in April 2008. For two years we asked governments to support the Protocol, with over 1,600 mayors' petitions to this effect. Although the Protocol was not adopted at the NPT Review Conference last May as originally intended, the final documents adopted at the Review mention the necessity of the legal framework and a clear timeframe towards the total abolition of nuclear weapons. to reach these outcomes. We believe that the steps stipulated in the Protocol are the best way to achieve a nucleaz-weapon-free world by 2020. (2) Cities Are Not Targets (CANT) Cities have sent a powerful message to nuclear-weapon states. We are no longer willing to be held hostage to international political machinations. Nuclear weapons are inhumane, illegal weapons, and cities around the world need assurances from nuclear-weapon states that they are not and will not be targeted for annihilation. Based on these ideas, we collected over one million signatures to that end. Working closely with other NGOs, we will develop new campaign tactics. We believe international momentum worked effectively 2 ,Lfayors jor Peace -:~~ Outline of the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol 1 Purpose The 2020 Vision Campaign (Emergency Campaign to Ban Nuclear Weapons) seeks the abolition of nuclear weapons by 2020. The "Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol" proposed in April 2008 presents an outline of actions leading to that goal. The Mayors for Peace campaign sought adoption ofthis protocol at the NPT Review Conference in 2010. Unfortunately, our goal was not achieved. Nevertheless, at the Review Conference, the representative of Japanese delegation mentioned some ingredients of the Protocol in his speech, and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also gave his assessment. We recognize the huge influence of international public opinion generated by NGOs, such as Mayors for Peace, in including legal and time frameworks to abolish nuclear weapons in the final documents adopted at the Review Conference. We continue to work to establish effective measures to use extracts from this Protocol, to realize a world without nuclear weapons at the earliest possible date. 2 Framework Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol - a roadmap to anuclear-weapon free world by 2020 - All states shall cease all activities related to the acquisition and deployment of nuclear weapons. i Ali states shall commence ~mmedrately and bring to conclusion good-faith negotiations leading to an international framework agreement on nucleaz weapons abolition. All states shall commit themselves to a Nuclear Weapons Convention or comparable treaty by 2015; all activities related to the acquisition or use of nuclear weapons shall be prohibited. Nucleaz-weapon states shall dismantle nuclear weapons, including delivery systems, and downgrade all weapons-grade fissile materials under strict and effective international control. ~ Total Nuclear Weapons Abolition by 2020 ~ 3 Activities to Date Period Content [NPT Preparatory Committee in Geneva] April 2008 Announced Hiroshima-Na asaki Protocol June 2008 Launched Cities Appeal at the city (elected official) level supporting the Hiroshima-Na asaki Protocol; text su ortin the rotocol added to the CANT tition (NPT Preparatory Committee in New York] May 2009 * Lobbied governments for support of a resolution commending the Protocol to the NPT Review Conference Adopted Action Plan at 7~` General Conference of Mayors for Peace in Nagasaki, August 2009 including promotion ofHiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol for adoption at 2010 NPT Review Conference (NPT Review Conference in New York] Submitted over 1500 mayoral petitions and over one million grassroots petitions May 2010 supporting the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol and the CANT project to the president of the NPT Review Conference. 3 ,Lfayors Jor Peace - Protocol complementary to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons for achieving anuclear-weapon-free world by the year 2020 Desiring to establish an over-arching means of addressing nuclear disarmament in all its aspects so as to facilitate the fulfillment by Stales Parties of their obligations under Article VI of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and with a view to all states fulfilling the nucleaz disazmament obligation found by the International Court of Justice in their 1996 advisory opinion on the legality of the use or threat of nuclear weapons; Considering that continued exploitation of the discriminatory nature of the Treaty, wherein nuclear-weapon States Parties are exempted from the prohibition on the acquisition of nuclear weapons, is incompatible with the pursuit in good faith of nuclear disarmament in all its aspects; Considering further that full equality under international law must be re-established by the elimination of all nuclear arsenals as ageed in the 1995 Extension Conference decision on "Principles and Objectives"; Article I 1. The nuclear-weapon States Parties to this Protocol shall cease forthwith: (a) alt activities related to the acquisition of nuclear weapon which non-nuclear-weapon States Parties are prohibited from pursuing under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; (b) all activities which incorporate nuclear weapons into their military doctrines and practices; and shall place all nuclear weapons and weapon-usable fissile materials in safe and secure storage at the earliest possible date. 2. All other States Parties to this Protocol possessing weapons-usable fissile material shall take those steps required ofthe nuclear-weapon States in paragraph I which apply to their circumstances. Article II I. The States Parties to this Protocol shall pursue in good faith negotiations on achieving nuclear disarmament in all its aspects under the following two main sections Section One negotiations will standardize and legally codify the measures taken under Article [, paragraph I, (a) and (b). Section Two negotiations wilLaddress: (c) the elimination of all nuclear weapons and related deployment systems, including delivery vehicles, launch platforms, and command and control systems. (d) the elimination of all infrastructure associated with'the acquisition ofnuclear-weapon system, including production and testing facilities, and of al] weapon-usable fissile material stocks. 2. The negotiations called for in paragraph 1 shall have as their objective a Nuclear Weapons Convention or a comparable Framework Agreement. Negotiations shall- begin forthwith and be pursued without interruption by all States Parties until this objective is achieved. A Secretariat for the negotiations shall be established that remains in operation until negotiations are concluded. 3. Every good faith effort shall be made to ensure that all measures related to Section One are agreed and implemented before or by 2015 and that all measures related to Section Two are agreed and implemented before or by 2020. 4. All measures contained or foreseen in the Nuclear Weapons Convention or Framework Agreement shall be subject to strict and effective intemational control and shall provide for international institutions capable of ensuring that the nuclear-weapon free world which is achieved can be maintained indefinitely. Article III Nothing in this Protocol shall be interpreted as diminishing in anyway the nonproliferation obligations of any State Party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; including each State's obligation to cooperate in the establishment and operation of the intemational institutions of Article II, paragraph 4. 4 ,Lfayors for Peace Cities Are Not Targets (CANT) Petition Drive Please tell the nuclear powers that Cities Are Not Targets! Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation < Mayors for Peace calls cities together to build anuclear-weapon-free world. > Since our experience of the atomic bombings in August 1945, Hiroshima and Nagasaki have continually called for the abolition of nuclear weapons and realization of I•asting world peace. Despite our efforts, minty areas azound the world remain trapped in chains of hatred, violence and retaliation, our planet still bristles with vast arsenals of nuclear weapons, and the probability that such weapons will be used is increasing. In response to this crisis, Mayors for Peace, an NGO over which we preside that now has 4,301 member cities in 149 countries and regions, is conducting a global 2020 Vision Campaign to eliminate alt nuclear weapons by 2020. In 1996, the International Court of Justice declared that, "The threat or use of nucleaz weapons would generally be contrary to the rules of international law applicable in armed conflict, and in particulaz the principles and rules of humanitazian law." ]n 2006, Mayors for Peace marked the IOth anniversary of this landmark findingby launching Phase II of our 2020 Vision Campaign. The centerpiece of this phase was the Good Faith Challenge, a program demanding that alt governments abide by the other ICJ finding that, "There exists an obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to a conclusion negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects under strict and effective international control." The cities' Good Faith Challenge was a Cities Are Not Targets (CANT) project to demand assurances from nuclear weapon states that no cities aze targeted for nucleaz attack. A Mayors for Peace delegation attended the NPT Preparatory Committee Meeting in Geneva, April 2008. We called for good-faith disamtament efforts and proposed the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol to indicate concretely what agood-faith effort would look like. The Protocol is a powerful campaign tool supporting the 2020 Vision. < Cities Are Not Targets (CANT) > Nuclear weapons are illegal, immoral devices designed to obliterate entire cities. Despite the end of the Cold Waz, the danger of nucleaz weapons remains virtually unchanged. Thousands of nuclear warheads are still deployed and ready to fire on warning. At the push of a button, nuclear-tipped missiles can be on their way to a target city. If such an event were to take place, some city, home to children and hundreds of thousands of innocent noncombatants, would suffer utter devastation. The CANT project is designed to lift the voices of cities and citizens saying, "No! You may not target cities. You may not target children." Through this campaign, we intend to bring to the attention of mayors, citizens and national leaders the fact that cities are, in fact, still being targeted for annihilation and the International Court of Justice has found this threat itself to be a war crime. Furthermore, we hope this project will intensify our demand that the nuclear-weapon states fulfill their promise to "negotiate in good faith" to abolish-all nuclear weapons. The goal of this project is not a shifting of nuclear weapons away from cities but their total elimination. And when we speak here of "cities," we refer not to a municipal entity of a certain size but to any area in which children and non-combatants aze living. Please participate in this project by signing the petition form below and sending it to all your friends and neighbors. Mayors for Peace will use your signature to deliver a message to the nuclear-weapon states. Help us tell them to START NEGOTIATING NOW! The inhabitants of this planet want to bequeath to our children a genuinely peaceful world free from nucleaz weapons, and we intend to achieve this by 2020. (~` Your name, address and other personal information will not be used for any other purpose.) 5 ,tfayors jor Peace Cities Are Not Targets (CANT) Petition Form We, the undersigned, make the following demands of the leaders of all Nuclear Weapon States. ~ Do not target with nuclear weapons the cities in which we live! 4 Do not target any cities, towns, villages anywhere in the world inhabited by innocent children! 4 START NEGOTIATING NO W to liberate Earth from nuclear weapons by 2020! 4 Do not, even in war, attack cities or non-combatants! No. NAME ADDRESS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ...., r ......................a.,,,., y.,,, t.,...,u~ uo,o wu, uur oe msctosea to any tetra party or used Yor any purpose other than for the stated purpose of the petition unless required by law. iVlayors for Peace Secretariat c/o :Peace and Intemationat Solidarity Promotion Division, Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation TEL : +81-82-242-7821 FAX : +81-82-242-'7452 E-mail : mayorcon@pcfcityhiroshimajp [IRL : http://www mayorsforpeace.org[english/index.html 6 Mayors far Peace Covenant of the Mayors for Peace In August, 1945, the trst nuclear weapons ever used in human history caused an indescribable catastrophe for the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Even now a number of A-bomb survivors are still suffering physically, psychologically, and socially from various after-ef2'ects. Nevertheless, nucleaz weapons have not been abolished; they continue to threaten human existence. Our goal is to maintain environments that enable citizens to lead safe, cultural lives, and to contribute to the attainment of lasting world peace. To this end, we pledge to make every effort to create aninter-city solidarity transcending national boundaries and ideological differences in order to achieve the total abolition of nuclear weapons. and avert the recurrence of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki tragedies. We agree to the intent of the "Program to Promote Solidarity of Cities towards the Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons" proposed by Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Furthermore, we hope that the "World Conference of Mayors fot Peace through Inter-city Solidazity," which held its first session in August of 1985, shall become a permanent organization. Accordingly, we do hereby establish an organization to be known as the "Mayors for Peace". CIIAPTER I PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES Purposes ARTICLE 1 The Purposes of the "Mayors for Peace" are to contribute to the attainment of lasting world peace by arousing concern among citizens of the world for the total abolition of nuclear weapons through close solidarity among all cities which agree to the "Program to Promote Solidarity of Cities towards the Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons" as well as by striving to solve vital problems for the human race such as starvation and poverty, the plight of refugees, human rights abuses, and environmental degradation. (Cities which agree to the "Program to Promote Solidarity of Cities towazds the Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons" are hereinafter cited as solidarity cities.) Purposes ARTICLE 2 The Organization and solidarity cities, in pursuit of the Purposes stated in Article 1, shall act in accordance with the following Principles; (a) The Organization shall be based on friendship, goodwill, and respect for the actual conditions of Solidarity Cities. (b) The Organization shall devote itself to the total abolition of nuclear weapons and the attainment of lasting world peace, and to the solution of such problems as starvation, poverty, the plight of refugees, human rights abuses, and environmental degradation in cooperation with the United Nations, a major peace-keeping organization in the world. (c) Solidarity Cities shall work for the development of friendly relationships and bonds of solidarity among cities on the basis of mutual understanding and shall act in good faith for the attainment of the Purposes in accordance with the present Covenant. (d) Solidarity Cities shall seek to increase global awareness of the "Spirit of Hiroshima and Nagasaki" by introducing and expanding the idea of Inter-City Solidarity. CHAPTER II ACTIVITIES Details of the Activities ARTICLE 3 The Organization, in pursuit of the Purposes stated in Article 1, shall be engaged in the following activities; (a) To introduce and expand the idea ofinter-city solidarity to worldwide cities. (b) To make an appeal For the total abolition of nuclear weapons and general and complete disarmament to related organizations such as the United Nations. (c) To coordinate the following activities promoted by Solidarity Cities. (i)Solidarity Cities shall hold gatherings and events devoted to the cause of disarmament and peace, and/or to the solution of such problems as starvation, poverty, the plight of refugees, human rights abuses, and environmental degradation and shall send copies of any statement, resolution, or proclamation, associated with these events, to other Solidarity Cities. (ii) Solidarity cities shall transmit messages advocating the total abolition of nuclear weapons and 7 ,Lfayors jor Peace ' general and complete disarmament to the Secretary-General and the President of the General Assembly of the United Nations during the United Nations Disarmament Week. In addition, copies of the messages shall be exchanged with other Solidarity Cities. (iii)Solidarity Cities that sponsor workshops or meetings on peace, disarmament, and security issues, and/or the solution of such problems as starvation, poverty, the plight of refugees, human rights abuses, and environmental degradation shall send relevant pamphlets, books, and materials reporting these results to other SolidaziTy Cities. (iv)SolidariTy Cities that publish or obtain materials, brochures, or books related to peace, disarmament, and security issues, and/or to the solution of such problems as starvation, poverty, the plight of refugees, human rights abuses, and environmental degradation shall bring them to the attention of other Solidazity Cities. (v) Bearing in mind the cun•ent international situation and the urgency and importance of nuclear disarmament, Solidarity Cities shall hold photographic exhibitions which describe and depict to citizens azound the world the actual nature of the devastations wreaked by the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. (vi)The cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki shall cooperate by providing necessary exhibition photographs and inVoducing documentary films, slides, and lwoks, that depict the disaster caused by the atomic bombings. (d) To sponsor and organize events as may be necessary to achieve the Purposes stated in the present Covenant. CHAPTER III EXECUTIVE OFFICIALS Executive Officials ARTICLE 4 1. Executive Officials of the Organization shall consist of: one President; an appropriate number of Vice-Presidents and Executive Members. 2. The President and the Vice-President shall be elected by Solidarity Cities. 3. The President shall supervise and represent the Organization, and shall chair the Conference. 4. The Vice-President shall assist the President. In case of the inability of the President to carry out the duties of the office, the Vice-President shall fulfill the duties of the President. 5. The Executive Members shall be appointed from Solidarity Cities by the President with regional conditions taken into consideration. 6. The Executive Members shall assist the President and the Vice-President and shall act for the smooth management of the Organization. Term of Office ARTICLE 5 I. The term of office of the Executive Officials shall be until such time that new Executive Officials are elected at a succeeding General Conference. Each office shall be open to reelection. 2. Whatever the stipulations of previous clauses, if a member-city mayor holding an elected office resigns or retires his or her mayoralty, the succeeding mayor shall assume said office. In such case, the succeeding officer's term shall last as long as the original term of the retiring or resigning officer. CHAPTER IV CONFERENCE General C~nferenee and Executive Conference ARTICLE 6 The Organization shall hold a General Conference and an Executive Conference. General Conference ARTICLE 7 I. The General Conference shall meet every four years in principle. 2. The General Conference shall be held to achieve the Purposes stated in Article 1 and to decide and approve relevant questions. Executive Conference ARTICLE 8 I. The Executive Conference shall consist of the Executive Officials and shall meet when the occasion arises. 2. The Executive Conference shall be authorized to make emergency decisions for the Organization in 8 ~ hlayors jor Peace s "~. place of the General Conference with the exception of electing the President and the Vice-President. Cnnvacation ARTICLE 9 The Genera( Conference or the Executive Conference shall be convoked by the President. Yr~ting ARTICLE 10 1. Each Solidarity City participating in the General Conference or the Executive Conference shall have one vote. [n case of absence, each Solidarity City may delegate its vote by proxy to another participating city. 2. Decisions of [he Conference on all questions shall be made by a simple majority vote of participating cities. In case of tie votes, the President shall cast a deciding vote. 3. When circumstances render i[ impossible to hold a Conference, decisions shall be made by votes conveyed in letters to the Secretaziat from Solidarity Cities. CHAPTER V THESECRETAR[AT Establishment of the Secretariat ARTICLE 11 The Secretariat shall be established in Hiroshima to operate the Organization. Secretariat Staff ARTICLE 12 l .The Secretariat shall be comprised of aSecretary-General and support-staff. 2.The Secretary-General and support-staff shall be appointed by the President. CHAPTER VI SHARE OF EXPENSES Expenses ARTICLE 13 Expenses required to operate the Secretariat (ordinary expenditure) and expenses required to hold the Conference (extraordinary expenditure) shall be decided by the General Conference on the recommendation of the Executive Conference. CHAPTER VII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Amendments ARTICLE 14 Amendments to the present Covenant shall come into force upon adoption by atwo-thirds majority of the participating cities at the General Conference. Delegation ARTICLE 15 Decisions required to operate the Secretariat, other than those stipulated in the present Covenant, shall be made by the President. This covenant was executed on November 1, 1986. Revised on October 16, 1991, effective the same day. Revised on August 5, 2001, effective the same day. 9 ;Lfayors for Peace Mayors for Peace Membership by Country No Area Cvuniriea .4~R ions C.i[ies 1 Aaie AI hanistan 2 2 29 countries & Ban ladesh 2I 3 regions Bhuan I 4 1,22Y Cities Cambodia I 5 Chma 7 6 ms 3 7 India 16 R Indanesta 3 9 Iran 2I 1 0 Ia - 139 I 1 Israel 48 1 2 Ja en B16 13 Jordan Z 14 Korca } IS Lebanon I Ih Mala sia % 17 Mon olio 4 IR Ne nl h I9 Northam Cy ms 4 20 Pakistan 13 21 Palestine 2R 22 Phdi Ines 19 23 Sri lanky 37 24 S rian Amb Re ublic 2 25 Taiwan } 26 Thailand 3 27 Turkc II 28 Viet Nam 4 29 Yerren 2 30 Africa Benin 3 31 39 countries & Botswana 3 32 regions Burkina Faso 2 33 229 cities Bumndi I 34 Cameroon 63 35 Ca e Verde 36 Ccn[al African Re ublic I 37 Chad I 38 Re ublic of(:on o I 39 Cote D'ivvire 2 40 wnomie ary~wicorwe cnoco i 41 t 2 42 Eritrea 2 43 Ethic ta b 44 Csmbu 3 45 Ghana 6 46 Guinea 2 47 Ken a 3 48 Lesotho i 49 Liberia 7 50 Malawi 51 Mali 5 52 Mauritania 3 53 Mauritius 1 54 Morocco 5 55 Nanabia i 56 Ni er I 57 N' aria 2 56 Rwanda I 59 Sao Tome and Pone e 2 60 Sene aI 29 bl Se che0s t 62 Sierra tevne 1 63 Sonehland 1 64 South Africa 8 65 Tamm~ia 2 66 To 0 2 67 U ands 53 68 Z ombie 3 69 Oceavie Aus[alia 72 70 9 countries & F '~i 2 71 r egion F rench Pol nesia 1 72 1 14 cities Marshall Islands I 73 Micronesia 2 74 N ew Zealand 32 75 N ortham Mariana Islands 2 76 P a ua New Gurnee I 77 ~ S olomon Islands I Nnvcmher 171110 Nv Area Countries & Re riona Cities 7 8 Nitrope Albans ~ 7 9 45 countries & Andorra 2 H O raglans Amcnia 1 H I 2,104 Cffies Austria 50 8 2 Belams 1 % 3 Bel ium J55 8 4 Oomie and Heru vine y 8 5 Bul aria 4 R 6 Croatia 31 R 7 Cach 2g 8 8 Denrmrk IS R 9 Estonia 4 90 Finland } 91 Fance 133 92 Ceor is I y3 Gemnn 368 94 (aeece 2g 95 Hung q 96 Iceland 1 97 Ireland I1 98 Ital 371 99 Kaakhstan 5 100 K r Stan I IOI Latvia 1 l02 Lithuania 2 IU3 Luxembour 56 104 Macedonia I 105 Malta I 1W Moldova 1 I07 Netherlands 53 108 Norwa R6 109 Poland 7 110 Portu ai 33 111 Ronenia 4 Ill Russia 2I 117 Serbia 3 114 Siovaloa 1 IIS Slovenia 2 116 S sin 295 ill Sweden 16 118 Swdmrland 20 119 Ta'rlasmd 2 120 UK. 64 121 Uluaine 4 122 Uzbelismn 3 123 North America Canada 90 124 3 countries & Greenland 1 t3 re ions 254 cities US.A. 163 126 I.adv America and A entire 31 127 Caribheav Bolivia 2 128 24 countries & Baal ql I29 regivvs Ch~e 5 130 371 cities Columbia 6 731 Costa lilts 46 132 Cuba- 2 I33 Dorrvnica 1 134 Domnican Re ubiic 5 135 ~ Salvador 5 136 Guatermla 4 137 E cuador 5 l38 G u aria 1 179 H adi 3 140 H onduras 2 t41 l armica 1 142 Mexico 9 143 N icaa ua I55 144 P aa ua 1 145 P em 7 146 P uerto Rico l l 147 T rinidad Toba o 2 148 U m ua 1 149 V enenrela 25 Please refer to the list of member tides ek htt}c//www.mryvn forpeaee.arg/evglish/memher<ity/maphtmi 4,301 member cities in 149 countries oral regions 1 O dfayors for Peace -: ~ "'