[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 18]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 24434]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      IN HONOR OF MAYORS FOR PEACE

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 20, 2008

  Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of Mayors for 
Peace and in recognition of their 2020 Vision Campaign as they continue 
their efforts to promote the international abolition of nuclear 
weapons.
  Mayors for Peace is an international organization comprised of over 
two-thousand cities around the world in over one hundred and thirty 
countries who are dedicated to raising awareness on the need to 
eliminate nuclear weapons, affirm international human rights, and 
promote environmental justice and peace. The organization supports the 
proposal of the former Mayor of Hiroshima, Japan--Takeshi Araki--who in 
1982 proposed an international solidarity program that would focus on 
the abolition of nuclear weapons during the second United Nations 
Special Session on Disarmament following the atomic bombings of 
Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.
  The Mayors for Peace 2020 Vision Campaign is an Emergency Campaign to 
Ban Nuclear Weapons by the year 2020--the 75th anniversary of the 
bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The campaign continues to affirm 
the need to abolish nuclear weapons and promotes good faith 
negotiations toward nuclear non-proliferation in all states and cities 
around the world.
  Madam Speaker and colleagues, please join me in honor of Mayors for 
Peace, and in recognition of their dedication to promoting true peace 
and international solidarity. May their efforts serve as an example and 
inspiration for all of us to follow.

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