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Mayors for Peace Organisation

Rangitīkei District Council has joined the Mayors for Peace organisation.

Mayors for Peace is an international organisation of cities dedicated to the promotion of peace. The organisation was established in 1982 by then Mayor of Hiroshoma Takeshi Araki, in response to the deaths of around 140,000 people due to the atomic bombing of the city on 6 August 1945.

To date there are 8013 member cities around the world from 165 countries and region.

The purposes of the "Mayors for Peace" are to contribute to the attainment of lasting world peace by arousing concern among citizens of the world for the total abolition of nuclear weapons through close solidarity among member cities as well as by striving to solve vital problems for the human race such as starvation and poverty, the plight of refugees, human rights abuses, and environmental degradation.

On July 7 2021, Mayors for Peace convened its 12th Executive Conference online, at which a new Vision was adopted, subsequent to the 2020 Vision which had reached its end at the end of the year 2020, and also Mayors for Peace Action Plan for up until the year 2025.

These documents can be read below:

Council is extremely proud to be a member of this organisation. Visit Mayors for Peace to read more.


News Releases

January 2024

This month's Mayors for Peace News Flash

  • Mayors for Peace to host peace education webinar: Register for the livestream!
  • Secretariat picks seeds of Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor trees (hibaku trees)
  • Member city activities- Regional chapter activities
  • Mayors for Peace member cities: 8,349 cities in 166 countries/regions.
  • Read more...

June 2023

100-Day Countdown Message for the International Day of Peace

The United Nations has established September 21 as the International Day of Peace (IDP), which is dedicated to world peace, specifically 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire. Mayors for Peace has been a long-time supporter of the IDP through holding commemorative events and also encouraging all member cities to hold their own events on the International Day of Peace. Read more...


January 2023

Mayors of Peace News Flash [PDF]

Inside this edition:

  • Congratulations to the Children’s Art Competition “Peaceful Towns” 2022 winners!
  • Member city recruitment model cases
  • Introducing Executive Cities on Mayors for Peace social media accounts
  • Regional chapter activities

13 September

100-Day Countdown Message for the International Day of Peace

On June 13, the President of Mayors for Peace issued a message for the 100-day countdown to the IDP, inviting all members to commemorate the 2022 International Day of Peace in their city. Read more [PDF]

▼International Day of Peace 21 September (The United Nations website):

https://www.un.org/en/observances/international-day-peace


29 August 2022

Comment by the President of Mayors for Peace [PDF]


28 June 2022

Mayors of Peace News Flash [PDF]

Inside this edition:

  • Conference updates
  • Member city activities
  • Report by Executive Advisor
  • Ukraine war

30 May 2022

Mayors of Peace News Flash [PDF]

Inside this edition:

  • Member city activities
  • Report by Executive Advisor
  • Request to implement initiatives outlined in the Mayors for Peace Action Plan

17 March 2022

Message on the Tragic War in Ukraine [PDF]

By MATSUI Kazumi, President of Mayors for Peace - Mayor of Hiroshima


29 November 2021

Mayors of Peace News Flash [PDF]

Inside this edition:

  • Children’s Art Competition “Peaceful Towns” 2021
  • Mayors for Peace member cities - 8,054 cities in 165 countries/regions
  • Report by Executive Advisor

27 October 2021

Mayors of Peace News Flash [PDF]

Inside this edition:

  • Events Commemorating 2021 International Day of Peace
  • Release of a new webpage: "Nuclear Disarmament Archive"

10 August 2021

To mark 76 years since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Mayor Taue of Nagasaki, Japan delivered the year's Peace Declaration at the Nagasaki Peace Ceremony on the 10 August 2021.

Read the Nagasaki Peace Declaration.


21 August 2021

Mayors of Peace News Flash [PDF]

Inside this edition:

  • Commemorative events around the world marking 76 years since the atomic bombings
  • A closer look at the “World’s Nuclear Warheads Count in 2021” Part 2, Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Nagasaki University (RECNA)
  • Peace news from Hiroshima (provided by the Hiroshima Peace Media Center of the CHUGOKU SHIMBUN)

30 September 2021

Mayors for Peace News Flash (September 2021)

Inside this edition:

  • Messages of support for our new PX Vision
  • Video Message from the President of Mayors for Peace at the UN High Level Forum on The Culture of Peace
  • Report on Mayors for Peace Youth Webinar for Peace Action