HomeMy WebLinkAbout8/6 Hiroshima Day 8/9 Nagasaki Day 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 4,803 cities in 151 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 6 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, 2011 Ashland will join cities around
the world for a Hiroshima-Nagasaki Vigil in order to remember the events of
1945 and to promote the goal of a nuclear weapons-free world.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council and Mayor, on behalf of the citizens of
Ashland, hereby proclaim August 6, 2011 as:
"Hiroshima Day "
and hereby proclaim August 9, 2011 as: a
"Nagasaki Day"
in the City of Ashland and invite all citizens to participate in the Hiroshima- a
Nagasaki vigil activities.
Dated this 2nd day of August, 2011.
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Jo St r berg, Mayor
arbara Christensen, City Recorder