Vision for Peaceful Transformation to a Sustainable World (PX Vision) andMayors for Peace Action Plan (2021 – 2025) Overview
Lasting World PeaceVision

Action Plan

Objective A: Realize a world without nuclear weapons

Objective B: Realize safe and resilient cities

1. Sharing in the hibakusha’s earnest wishes

2. Contribute to a sustainable Earth and society:
Promoting the SDGs

1) Promote the universalization of the TPNW by involving the nucleararmed states and their allies
i. Issue open letters urging the ratification of the TPNW
ii. Conduct activities led by member cities in the nuclear-armed states and their
allied states urging their respective national government to join the TPNW

2) Appeal to the UN and national governments for the abolition ofnuclear weapons

1) Promote regional initiatives addressing local
issues and challenges such as terrorism, theplight of refugees, environmental degradation,acceptance of diversity, and promotion ofinclusioni. Build cities that “leave no one behind”
ii. Hold regional conferences aimed at solving local issues

i. Call for progress on nuclear disarmament at international conferences
ii. Issue open letters aimed at the abolition of nuclear weaponsiii. Conduct member city-led activities calling on their respective nationalgovernments to contribute to the abolition of nuclear weapons

3) Support public calls by a wide range of citizens urging
policymakers to effect policy change
i. Conduct petition drives calling for all states to join the TPNW at the earliest date
Objective C: Promote a culture of peace

3. Foster and expand international public support
1) Cultivate peace consciousness in civil society
A&BAB

i. Promote the importance of peace through art and sporting events
ii. Collaborate with citizens engaged in activities to promote a culture of peaceiii. Promote outreach concerning the current international situation surrounding nuclear weapons
iv. Publicize research on the methodology of peacebuilding
v. Organize events to build momentum for achieving the SDGs

2) Widely convey the realities of the atomic bombings and warAB

i. Hold Mayors for Peace Atomic Bomb Poster Exhibitions
ii. Pass down atomic bomb experiences through testimonies
iii. Distribute and nurture seeds and seedlings from atomic bomb survivor trees
iv. Hold outreach events conveying the devastation caused by war
v. Pass down war experiences through testimonies

3) Develop youth leadership for future peace activities
A&BA

A&B

i. Further promote peace education through initiatives such as the annual Children’s Art Competition “Peaceful Towns”
ii. Promote peace and disarmament educationiii. Further enrich programs to host youth in the atomic bombed cities such as the Youth Exchange for Peace Support Program
iv. Send Mayors for Peace youth delegation to international conferences addressing nuclear disarmamentv. Support more universities to establish Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Study Courses: Initiatives aimed at achieving the objectives: “realize a world without nuclear weapons” and “realize safe and resilient cities”

A: Initiatives aimed at achieving the objective: “realize a world without nuclear weapons”

B: Initiatives aimed at achieving the objective: “realize safe and resilient cities”

4. Promote sustainable development of Mayors for Peace as an organization
1) Further expand membership
i. Strengthen regional recruiting activities by referring to model cases

2) Enhance member city activitiesi. Collect and share good examples of activities by member cities
ii. Stimulate regional activities led by the Lead Cities

3) Work in collaboration with a diverse range of groups
i. Work in collaboration with associations of local authorities such as the USCM, NFLA, and UCLG
ii. Work in collaboration with international organizations such as the UN, the ICRC, and ICAN
iii. Strengthen collaboration with international peace research institutes such as the Hiroshima Peace Institute of Hiroshima City University andResearch Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition of Nagasaki University
iv. Promote collaboration with memorial museums of the world that convey the realities of the atomic bombings and war4) Strengthen the functions of the Secretariat
i. Enhance initiatives led by the regional chapters and strengthen their collaboration with the Secretariat
ii. Strengthen collaboration with member cities through the internshipsiii. Share information in a timely and effective manner through social media
iv. Practice public relations aimed at gaining a greater number of supporters

5) Improve financial capability
i. Improve the collection rate of the membership fee
ii. Explore ways to raise funds from a larger number of supporters