Mayors for Peace has been awarded the XXXII Prize for Peace from the United Nations Association of Spain (ANUE). ANUE recognized the work of Mayors for Peace, which now consists of more than 5,000 member cities in 153 countries/regions around the world, for its peace-related activities for the elimination of weapons of mass destruction (in particular the elimination of nuclear weapons).
On November 9 last year, Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui, who was in Spain to participate in the Mayors for Peace Executive Conference, attended the Awards Ceremony held at the Barcelona government office, and said "This is such a great pleasure. The average age of the atomic bomb survivors is now 77, and I want to focus further efforts on fulfilling their fervent wish to eliminate nuclear weapons." Around one hundred people, including Executive Committee participants, attended the ceremony.
ANUE is an NGO registered with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), and was established in Barcelona, Spain, in 1962. The Prize for Peace was initiated in 1979, and is awarded to individuals or groups that are recognized for their contribution to peace-building and human rights protection, the goals stipulated in the United Nations Charter. It is awarded on the date of the founding of the United Nations (October 24).