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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 4, 2009
1:33 PM

CONTACT: Mayors for Peace

Aaron Tovish, International Campaign Director:  857-207-7067
Jackie Cabasso, North American Coordinator:  510-306-0119
Pol DHuyvetter, International Secretariat Director:  917-536-4390
Margo LaZaro, UN Representative, New York:  917-520-6874

Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki leading delegation of 3,000 cities to Non-Proliferation Treaty Conference at United Nations

UNITED NATIONS - May 4 - Mayors for Peace, a global network of 2,870 cities (over 130 U.S. cities) in 134 countries and regions, will be lobbying UN diplomats for complete nuclear disarmament by 2020 during the Non-Proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee (NPT PrepCom) starting at the UN headquarters in New York on Monday.  The delegation of cities will be headed by Dr. Tadatoshi Akiba, Mayor of Hiroshima and President of Mayors for Peace, and Mr. Tomihisa Taue, Mayor of Nagasaki and Vice President of Mayors for Peace.  This year's NPT PrepCom will make final preparations for the 2010 NPT Review Conference where government delegates have to strike a balance between non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament.


Three News Events:

WHEN:  Tuesday, May 5, 10am – 1 pm
WHAT:  “Towards a Decisive Decade for Nuclear Disarmament, 2010-2020”
WHERE:  ECOSOC Chamber, UN, New York, sponsored by the Government of Mexico
WHO:  Featured speakers include,10:20 AM, Dr. Hans Blix, Chair Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission (video message); 10:25 AM, A-bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki; 10:10 AM, Ambassador Sergio Duarte; UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs; 11:30 AM, Dr. Tadatoshi Akiba, Mayor of Hiroshima; 11:45 AM, Mr. Tomihisa Taue, Mayor of Nagasaki; 11:55 AM, Mr. Donald Plusquellic, Mayor of Akron, Ohio; and 12:00 PM, Mr Frank Cownie, Mayor of Des Moines, Iowa.

WHEN:  Wednesday, 6 May, 10 am 
WHAT:  Photo Opportunity, Mayors for Peace presentation of “Cities are not Targets!” Petition
WHERE:  Office of Disarmament Affairs Conference Room, UN, 31st Floor
WHO:  Dozens of mayors will present a tall stack of boxes with almost 500,000 signatures to UN High Representative Sergio Duarte.  They will also present progress on the “Cities Appeal in support of Hiroshima Nagasaki Protocol,” a proposed protocol complementary to the NPT which envisions a nuclear-weapon-free world by 2020.

WHEN:  Wednesday, 6 May, 10:30 am – 1 pm
WHAT:  Press Interviews Opportunity RSVP
WHO:  Delegation members from Japan, Belgium, Croatia, France, Italy, Sri Lanka, UK & US
WHERE:  UNCA Press Club, 3rd Floor, Secretariat Building, UN

More information about Mayors for Peace at
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The Mayors for Peace is composed of cities around the world that have formally expressed support for the program Mayor Araki announced in 1982. As of May 1, 2009, membership stood at 2,870 cities in 134 countries and regions. In March 1990, the Mayors Conference was officially registered as a UN NGO related to the Department of Public Information. In May 1991, it became a Category II NGO (currently called a NGO in "Special Consultative Status") registered with the Economic and Social Council. http://www.mayorsforpeace.org
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