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Postal address of organization/institution
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1-5 Nakajima-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0811 JAPAN
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E-mail address of organization/institution
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mayorcon@pcf.city.hiroshima.jp
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Website address of organization/institution
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http://www.mayorsforpeace.org/english/index.html
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Telephone of organization/institution
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TEL:+81-82-242-7821 FAX:+81-82-242-7452
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PRIORITIES: All of the organization's domains of culture of peace activity |
EDUCATION FOR PEACE
HUMAN RIGHTS
DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION
UNDERSTANDING, TOLERANCE AND SOLIDARITY
FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION
INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY
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TOP PRIORITY: The organization's most important culture of peace activity |
INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY
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PARTNERSHIPS AND NETWORKS: What
partnerships and networks does your organization participate in, thus
strengthening the global movement for a culture of peace? |
We work closely with many NGOs and municipal associations. A partial list of primary partners would be:
Japan Council of Nuclear Free Local Authorities
US Conference of Mayors
United Cities and Local Governments
Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament
Global Security Institute
Middle Powers Initiative
International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War
International Peace Bureau
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
Abolition 2000 (and many members individually)
World Council of Religions for Peace
And many many more
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ACTIONS: What activities have
been undertaken by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence during the ten years of the Decade? If you already made a
report in 2005, your information from 2005 will be included in the 2010
report.
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Emergency
Campaign to Ban Nuclear Weapons, 2020 Vision Campaign (to ban nuclear
weapons by 2020), Good Faith Challenge (to go back to the World Court
to ask if the nuclear-weapon states have been acting in good faith with
regard to their disarmament obligation), Cities Are Not Targets (CANT:
demanding assurances from nuclear-weapon states that no cities are
targeted by nuclear weapons), Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol to the NPT (a
roadmap to a nuclear-weapon-free world).
All of these
have been campaigns in and around the NPT framework. We have attended
all NPT-related conferences, working to build international consensus
and coordination among abolitionists. We have held numerous conferences
to bring cities and NGOs together to struggle together against nuclear
weapons.
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PROGRESS: Has your organization
seen progress toward a culture of peace and nonviolence in your domain
of action and in your constituency during the second half of the
Decade? |
Yes,
the issue of nuclear weapons has gone from total hopelessness and
obscurity to a high-priority issue for the international community,
including the nuclear-weapon states. Public awareness has increased
greatly, but progress here is far from adequate.
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OBSTACLES: Has your organization faced any obstacles to implementing the culture of peace and nonviolence? If so, what were they?
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We
do not have the money to run an effective media-based,
grassroots-organizing campaign. The economic collapse has made
fundraising even more difficult. The lack of funds is our primary
obstacle.
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PLANS: What new engagements are
planned by your organization in the short, medium and long term to
promote a culture of peace and nonviolence? |
Based
on the outcome of the NPT review conference in May 2010, we will adjust
our campaign but will continue to seek consensus and coordination among
all the abolitionists. The demand will undoubtedly be that the
nuclear-weapon states move immediately to start negotiations to achieve
and maintain a nuclear-weapon-free world.
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GLOBAL MOVEMENT: How do you think the culture of peace and nonviolence could be strengthened and supported at the world level??
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Two
things: 1) all interested organizations need to communicate, cooperate
and work together more intimately and effectively, which means devoting
serious time to conflict resolution; and 2) all interested
organizations must absolutely reject all extra-legal violence, whether
state-sponsored (military) or terrorist. The only people whose violence
is acceptable should be the police. The police should be allowed to use
violence because they operate within a strict body of law that protects
bystanders, the criminals, and society as a whole. They are expected to
use the minimum of violence required to make an arrest. They are not
allowed to kill a whole village because a terrorist might be hiding
there. The military, all militaries of all nations, must be seen as
barbaric, atavistic and unacceptable. Group on group warfare of any
kind for any purpose must be regarded as we now regard male on female
violence, slavery, and even cruelty to animals. It is simply not
acceptable. You fight it with law, with nonviolent techniques, and with
absolute noncooperation. Any soldier with a gun is an outlaw to be
shunned and, as soon as possible, arrested by the proper authorities.
The so-called war on terror is a giant step backward into barbarism.
Anyone who even uses the term should be criticized and shunned.
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