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PROCLAMATION
• In August, 1945, atomic bombs instantly reduced the cities of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki to rubble, taking hundreds of thousands of precious lives.
• In June, 1982, the Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki called on Mayors from
around the world to join them in working together to press for nuclear
abolition.
• The program created by the Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is called
Mayors for Peace and is currently composed of 5,664 cities in 157 countries
and regions around the world dedicated to the abolition of nuclear weapons.
• The City of Ashland declared itself a Nuclear Free Zone by resolution in 1981.
• The City of Ashland joined the Mayors for Peace in 1998.
• There are currently 7 Cities in Oregon who have also joined Mayors for Peace.
• The current goal of the Mayors for Peace is for a total abolition of all nuclear
weapons by the year 2020.
• This year on August 6 through August 9, 2013 Ashland will join cities around
Q the world to learn from the survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki
bombings. It is the Rogue Valley's honor that a delegation from Japan has J
come to attend our vigil with Southern Oregon resident Hideko Tamura Snider,
a survivor of the Hiroshima bombings.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council and Mayor, on behalf of the citizens of
Ashland, hereby proclaim August 6, 2013 as:
f "Hiroshima Day"
and hereby proclaim August 9, 2013 as:
"Nagasaki Day"
and to honor our guests we proclaim the week of August 2 - 9, 2013 as:
"Japan Friendship Week"
in the City of Ashland and invite all citizens to participate in the Hiroshima-
Nagasaki vigil activities.
Dated this 16th day of July, 2013
Jo n mberg, Mayor
Barbara Christensen, City Recorder s
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