Hiroshima, November 1st 2010 - Mayors for Peace announced 
today that 94 new member cities have joined during the month 
of October. With Guatemala City, Reykjavik and Yerevan, Mayors 
for Peace welcomes three capital cities in its global network 
campaigning for the immediate commencement of negotiations 
for the establishment of a nuclear weapon free world by 2020. 
Mayors for Peace now counts 4,301 members in 149 countries 
and regions. 

With the capitals of Guatemala, Iceland and Armenia, the network 
now counts 98 of the world capital cities (list attached), having 
secured the support of 51% of the capital cities in the 192 United 
Nations member states. The support includes the cities of Paris, 
Beijing, Delhi, London and Moscow in the Nuclear Weapons 
States; and Amsterdam, Ankara, Berlin, Brussels and Rome in 
the five countries where the US deploys nuclear weapons outside 
its territory. 

Last month 94 new members (list attached) were welcomed: 
Argentina (22), Armenia (1), Austria (9), Chile (1), Colombia (5), 
Dominican Republic (3), El Salvador (5), France (8), Ghana (2), 
Greece (1), Guatemala (4), Honduras (1), Iceland (1), Italy (1), 
Japan (12), Mexico (2), Netherlands (1), Puerto Rico (11), UK (2) 
and USA (2). 

With its first members in Armenia, El Salvador, Guatemala, 
Iceland and Puerto Rico, the network now increases its 
membership from 144 to 149 countries and regions. With its 
swift growth, Mayors for Peace is without doubt the fastest 
growing international network of local governments. 

Most of the 94 new members were personally welcomed by Dr. 
Tadatoshi Akiba, the Mayor of Hiroshima, during his visit to 
Buenos Aires, Argentina, last month. The Mayor of Hiroshima, 
the first city to be destroyed by a US nuclear bomb in 1945, is 
the President of Mayors for Peace.

Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba also signed an agreement with the 
Federation of Latin American Cities, Municipalities and 
Associations of local governments (FLACMA) in support of 
the campaign to eliminate all nuclear weapons by 2020. 
FLACMA is the Latin American branch of the United Cities and 
Local Governments (UCLG), the world wide organisation of 
local governments. FLACMA and Mayors for Peace intend to 
establish a close, long-lasting relationship which will be further 
developed during a meeting of FLACMA just prior to the 3rd 
World Congress of the UCLG in Mexico City November 16 – 21, 
2010. 

Mayor Akiba also signed an agreement with the Federation of 
Argentinian Municipalities (FAM). This is the first agreement 
ever between Mayors for Peace and a national association of 
local governments. In this initial agreement, FAM calls upon all 
Mayors from Argentina to formally join Mayors for Peace and, 
as a concrete manifestation of said support, FAM will encourage 
local governments from Argentina to make symbolic financial
contributions to the global campaign in solidarity with Hiroshima 
and Nagasaki, the two cities that continue to carry the main 
financial responsibility for the international campaign.

On November 1st nearly half of the members are from Europe 
(2,104 – 48.91%). Asia has the second largest number of 
members (1,229 – 28,57%); followed by Latin America and 
the Caribbean (371 – 8,62%); North-America (254 – 5,90%); 
Africa (229 – 5,32%); and Oceania (114 – 2,65%). 

Member cities: http://www.mayorsforpeace.org/english/membercity/map.html

-- 
Pol Heanna 
International Development Director &
Executive Advisor Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation
 
Mayors for Peace 2020 Vision Campaign
Sao Paulo, BRAZIL

E-mail: pol@2020visioncampaign.org
Website: www.2020visioncampaign.org
Skype:poltanner