A total of 4,208 artworks were submitted by children from 123 cities in 21 countries around the world, all members of Mayors for Peace.
Of these, 20 were selected as prize-wi'nning works.
These works, which convey children's messages of peace, have been actively exhibited during conferences related to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and are planned to be showcased at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Winner of the Mayors for Peace President's Award
Sui Ochi (13 years old) from Hiroshima City
≪Message from Sui Ochi≫
To me, the white dove shone most beautifully in the blue summer sky.
Not in a blazing fire, a pale blue flash, or a foreign airplane.
If I had been under that sky at that time, I would have drawn a picture with a charred feather that had flown from somewhere.
I wonder if anyone would want that picture.