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3rd Mayors for Peace Japanese Member Cities Conference and Presentation to the Japanese Government of Appeal Document Requesting the Promotion of Initiatives for the Prompt Realization of a Nuclear Weapons Convention
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On August 5 last year, the 3rd Mayors for Peace Japanese Member Cities Conference was held in Hiroshima City, during the 8th General Conference of Mayors for Peace.
The aim of the conference was to enhance initiatives by Mayors for Peace in Japan.
It was attended by 107 members (including 34 leaders) from 67 municipalities throughout Japan.
The conference started with a report from the secretariat on measures to strengthen the Mayors for Peace management system.
This was followed by deliberations on a number of items, including:
the designation of Hiroshima City as the leader city in Japan;
the creation of regional groups in Japan;
and the presentation of a request to the Japanese government to promote initiatives for the prompt realization of a nuclear weapons convention.
All proposals were approved without change.
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There was then a discussion on holding the Japanese Member Cities Conference in cities other than Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The conference closed with the adoption of the 2nd Mayors for Peace Japanese Member Cities Conference General Summary, which included an overview of the conference.
In line with the decision made at the conference, on September 10 Hiroshima Mayor Matsui (President of Mayors for Peace) and Mr. Kuroda, chief of Nagasaki City Tokyo Office,
visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and presented to Mr. Kishida, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the request to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for the promotion of initiatives for the prompt realization of a nuclear weapons convention.
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Presentation of request document (from left: Foreign
Affairs Minister Kishida, Mayor Matsui)
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