2020 Vision Campaign Progress Report 2009

Mayors or Peace 2020 Vision Campaign

Progress Report 2009

www.2020visioncampaign.org

Annual Report 2008Plans or 2009

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pres, November 10, 2008 - The City o Ypres welcomed the GeneralMeeting and the Board o Directors o Mayors or Peace 2020 VisionCampaign Association in the City Council meeting room in City Hall.The Ypres City Hall had to be reconstructed ater the total devastationo the city during the First World War.

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Editors

Aaron Tovish,Juliana Santos &Pol DHuyvetter

Photo editing

Filip Verhulst

Contributions

Aaron Tovish,Filip Deheegher,Jackie Cabasso,Jean Pierre Vanhove,Jennie Corbett,Juliana Santos,Martial Vermès,Myriam Louisa Chaabnia,Pierre Maréchal,Pol DHuyvetter &Steve Leeper

Graphic design

Rein Meyts

Printing

De Wrikker (Belgium)

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Belem, Brazil, January2009 - “Another World isPossible”, here the openingmarch which gathered70,000 people. Mayors orPeace participated in WorldSocial Forum and Forum o Local Authorities

MP promotes environmentally soundpractices in its own activities.This publication is printed on 100 percent recycled and chlorine ree paper.

Preace 3History 4Structure 5International Campaign 7Membership Development 10Activities 11

Arica 11Asia 11Europe 13Latin America 21North America 24Oceania 26

Financial Statements 28Fundraising 29Visibility 30Thanks and Acknowledgements 32Mayors or Peace 2020 Vision Campaign vzw

International SecretariatCity Hall, Grote Markt 34, 8900 Ypres, BELGIUM

Phone: +32-57-38 89 57 • Fax: +32-57-23 92 76

E-mail: 2020visioncampaign@ieper.beWeb: www.2020visioncampaign.orgwww.hetMetier.be

Special Thanks

Assisted to gather inormation aboutnational developments:

Australia:

Jessica Morrison, Tim Wright

Austria:

Aaron Tovish & Matthias Reichl

Belgium:

Filip Deheegher

Canada:

Debbie Grisdale

Croatia:

Jasminka Bajlo

Czech Republic:

Jan Tamáš

Denmark:

Caecilie Buhmann, John Avery& Niels Dahm

France:

Alexia Berny

Germany:

Bernd Grimpe, WolgangSchlupp-Hauck & Xanthe Hall

Hungary:

Lorenzo Molinari

Ireland:

Jennie Corbett

Italy:

Lisa Clark

Iran:

Shahriar Khateri

Israel:

Sharon Dolev

Luxembourg:

Claude Simon

Netherlands:

Dion van den Berg

New Zealand:

Alyn Ware & Kate Dewes

Peace Boat:

Sumiko Hatakeyama

Portugal:

Juliana Santos

Russia:

Elena Vasilevskaya

Spain:

Jaira Valenzuela Toledo

Switzerland:

Laurence Wiedmer

UK:

Peter Burt & Sean Morris

US:

Jacqueline Cabasso

Venezuela:

Akira Kawasaki

Japan:

Mihoko Sakamoto

Credit:

Pierre Maréchal, MP 2020 VC

Credit:

Pol DHuyvetter, MP 2020 VC

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Dear Members, Colleagues, and Friends, We are pleased to present the second Annual Report or the Mayors or Peace 2020 VisionCampaign. This has been a year o amazing growth, thanks in part to a new and increas-ingly popular campaign tool – the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol (H-N Protocol).Mayors Akiba and Dehaene, together with Board member Senator Vankrunkelsven intro-duced this protocol to the world almost a year ago in April 2008. Speaking at the NuclearNon-Prolieraton Commitee (NPT PrepCom) in Geneva, they announced to the assem-bled diplomats and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) representatives that Mayorsor Peace would be promoting a new, overarching approach to nuclear disarmament. Thissimple document eliminates the discrimination between nuclear haves and have-nots,immediately gets negotiations underway, and sets a time-bound ramework or results.Most importantly, it embodies a true, good-aith commitment to a nuclear-weapon-ree world, the only kind o commitment that can prevent the collapse o the non-prolierationregime.The H-N Protocol was prepared by our team o advisors and approved by our ExecutiveCommittee. Thus, the entire Mayors or Peace conerence ormally supports it. However,to emphasize that individual mayors and other city ocials understand and support thisinitiative, we are collecting their signatures on a Cities Appeal. At the PrepCom in New York in May 2009, we expect to present this Cities Appeal supported by 1000 signatures.Meanwhile, our membership drive continues unabated. In 2008, we recruited a remark-able 555 new members, close to two per day or the entire year. This success is due in largemeasure to the leadership o the International Secretariat in Ypres working with colleaguesaround the world. An especially notable development in our membership campaign hasbeen the emergence o Latin America.This year has been disappointing in terms o undraising. Last year, we challenged themore than 2000 members o Mayors or Peace to match the contributions o two cities:Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We are extremely grateul to the 86 cities that have made con-tributions. However, as you will see in the nancial report on page 28, we have not comeclose to our goal. We cannot expand our campaign without an expansion o resources.Thus, we will be pressing this appeal and hope all members will respond quickly. Withone year let to the 2010 NPT Review Conerence, we need your nancial as well as moralsupport. Now that we have 2,777 members, just a small contribution rom each city willprovide the resources we need or a successul campaign.Some members may be hesitating because they don’t understand exactly what we intendto do with the unds we raise. The short answer to this can be ound on page 28, whichpresents our budget and action plan or next year. The longer answer can be ound inour Strategic Plan, which was approved by the Executive Committee meeting in Ypres inNovember 2008. The ull plan is too lengthy to be included in this report, but we will bemore than happy to send it to you on request.This will be a crucial year, not just or Mayors or Peace and the 2020 Vision Campaign,but or the uture o the human amily. The H-N Protocol is slowly gaining acceptance atthe highest levels, with 19 nations already showing active interest. The abolition o nuclear weapons is receiving support rom powerul groups and individuals that were previously indierent or even opposed to the idea. We, human beings, have never had a better op-portunity to liberate ourselves rom the threat o nuclear annihilation. To take advantageo this opportunity, we need to keep growing in numbers, but we need to grow as well incommitment and capacity.The struggle against nuclear weapons is one we can and must win. Please make it one o your top priorities between now and the NPT Review Conerence o May 2010. Together we can make history and earn the gratitude o our grandchildren and their grandchildren.

PReFACe

Message from the Members of the General Meeting of Mayors for Peace 2020 Vision Campaign

Vice President

Mr. Patrik Vankrunkelsven

Former-Mayor o Laakdaland Senator(Belgium)

Vice-President

Mr. Roman Grebennikov

Mayor o Volgograd(Russia)

Executive Oicial

Mr. Khder Kareem

Mayor o Halabja(Iraq)

Executive Oicial