Mayors for Peace Nagasaki Appeal
We, the representatives of 134 cities, 26 organizations from 33 countries, gathered at the7th General Conference of Mayors for Peace in Nagasaki to address our keynote theme:
Nuclear Weapons Abolition is in our Hands! - Let‟s get the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocoladopted in 2010.
Since 2003, Mayors for Peace has been actively campaigning to rid the world of nuclear
weapons by the year 2020. We are delighted by the UN‟s designation of a FourthInternational Decade for Disarmament, to begin in less than six months. We call onleaders and citizens everywhere to promote awareness of this Decade (2010-2020) andgenerate unprecedented public determination to liberate ourselves from the threat ofnuclear annihilation.
The surest path to a nuclear-weapon-free world is stipulated by the Hiroshima-Nagasaki
Protocol. Thus, we call on the States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation ofNuclear Weapons (NPT) to adopt this Protocol and implement it faithfully during theDecade for Disarmament. We note the special role of Japan in this regard. Hiroshimaand Nagasaki are Japanese cities. As the only A-bombed nation, Japan should lead theglobal movement towards a nuclear-weapon-free world. The most effective way to do sois to champion unequivocally the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol.
Whether through the NPT Review Conference, the Conference on Disarmament, or theUnited Nations General Assembly, the international community must launch convincing
negotiations towards a nuclear-weapon-free world in 2010. We will work closely with allindividuals, groups and nations of good faith to ensure that this vital step is accomplished.
We welcome the 5-point plan of the UN Secretary General; in particular the prominence itaccords commencement of negotiations on a nuclear weapons convention. We askmayors everywhere to note that, at his initiative, the International Day of Peace, 21
September 2009, is devoted to the theme: “WMD: We Must Disarm!”
As mayors already contending with the impact of globalization and global recession on
our citizens, we know that U.S. President Barack Obama was correct when he said inPrague on 5 April 2009, “[N]o matter where [a nuclear attack] happens, there is no end towhat the consequences might be – for our global safety, our security, our society, oureconomy, to our ultimate survival.” Confronting this extraordinary threat, President
Obama asked that we “stand together for the right of people everywhere to live free fromfear in the 21st century.” Our wholehearted reply is, “Yes, together we can abolishnuclear weapons.” Member cities, led by Hiroshima and Nagasaki, are already adopting
the term „Obamajority‟ to refer to the vast majority of nations and peoples on this planet
who seek liberation from the nuclear threat.
Our highest responsibility is to protect the lives and prosperity of the people we represent.
To do that, we must find ways to nurture global democracy and ensure that the will of themajority of our people is properly and effectively reflected in international decisionmaking. Thus, Mayors for Peace strongly urges all governments, the United Nations, andall relevant international organizations, to take the following actions:1. Adopt the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol at the 2010 NPT Review Conference andensure that multilateral negotiations on achievement of a nuclear-weapon-free world
by 2020 either commence directly in the Conference on Disarmament or are launchedby the 2010 UN General Assembly.
2. Require that all military forces respect the integrity of cities and prohibit the use ofexplosive force in populated areas. (The same is expected of non-state actors.)“Cities Are Not Targets!”
3. Uphold human rights and work sincerely and urgently towards the elimination ofhunger, poverty, discrimination, violence, and environmental destruction.
4. Abide by the Kyoto Protocol and any post-Kyoto agreements to make genuine,
continuous progress towards a solution to the problem of global warming.
5. Shift funds from the military and preparations for war to activities that promote peace,
hunger reduction, assistance to refugees, protection of the environment, and realsolutions to the many other challenges facing the international community.
6. Create a new mechanism by which the will of cities can be regularly, systematicallyand directly reflected within UN decisions.
Mayors for Peace hereby declares our collective intent to work passionately in a spirit ofsolidarity and cooperation on the following:
IUrging world leaders, in particular those leading nuclear-armed states, to visit thecities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2010 to see firsthand the horror wrought bythese terrible weapons

IIImproving communication within our expanding membership to enhance ourcapacity to act for the elimination of nuclear weapons

III Building strong relationships with national governments, local governments, andNGO‟s to promote the Mayors for Peace mission through broad-based, globalcooperation.
IV Establishing Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Study Courses in educational institutions
around the world to convey the message of the Hibakusha as one of humanity‟s mostprecious intellectual assets, and promoting “peace and disarmament education” at alllevels of society to spread the culture of peace.
We hereby resolve to work together with all sincere parties towards the goals andobjectives described above, pledging to do everything in our power to achieve a nuclearweapon-free world by 2020.
August 10, 2009
Mayors for Peace