| Visiting the Argentine Republic |
From October 10 (Sun) to 20 (Wed) last year, Hiroshima City Mayor Tadatoshi
Akiba visited Buenos Aires and Mar del Plata in Argentine. During his visit,
he attended events related to the Latin American Municipalism Week, as
well as the AFS World Peace Forum held by AFS, a non-governmental and non-profit
organization of international education and exchange.
October 12 (Tues)
Mayor Akiba attended the opening ceremony of the Government and Public
Services 2010 Exhibition of Latin American Municipalism Week and in his
keynote speech, stated that now was the time to achieve the abolition of
nuclear weapons. |
October 13 (Wed)
Mayor Akiba visited the presidential palace, where he met with Mr. Anibal
Domingo Fernandez, Chief of Cabinet, Mr. Hector Timerman, Minister of Foreign
Relations, and Dr. Oscar Parrilli, Secretary General of the Presidential
Office of Argentina. Mayor Akiba made a request for support to increase
the number of Mayors for Peace membership cities and to achieve the abolition
of nuclear weapons.
During this visit, Mayor Akiba, as president of Mayors for Peace, signed
documents confirming the cooperative relationship with the Federation |
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of Latin American Cities and the Municipalities and Association of Local Governments and Federation of Municipalities of Argentina.
October 14 (Thu)
Mayor Akiba met with Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri, and asked for support for the activities of Mayors for Peace.
The Mayor then met with Mr. Pedro Morobiui, Director General of Culture,
the Honorable Senate of the Argentine Nation, and Senator Daniele Filmus,
former Minister for National Education, and asked for their cooperation
for the special conference on nuclear disarmament, to be held next year.
October 15 (Fri)
After discussion with junior and senior high school students at a school
of modern languages in Buenos Aires, the Mayor visited a poster exhibition
related to Sadako Sasaki, the model of the Children's Peace Monument, held
at Fundacion Sadako, an organization established by Ms. Tomoko Aikawa (a
Hiroshima native), who has lived in Argentina for nineteen years.
October 16 (Sat)
The Mayor attended the Forum of Latin American Local Governments, held in Mar del Plata, and gave a speech in which he requested that the whole world works together to abolish nuclear weapons.
October 18 (Mon)
Mayor Akiba attended the AFS World Peace Forum, held in Buenos Aires. He
asked for understanding and support for Mayors for Peace activities, and
also encouraged the leadership of the nations of Latin America, to implement
a nuclear weapons convention in 2015 and the abolition of nuclear weapons
by 2020. |
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(Peace and International Solidarity Promotion Division)
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