Waitakere Mayor Bob Harvey in Japan for Assembly of Mayors for Peace
A Nuclear Abolition Torch, lit in Japan on August 5, will be carried around the world on the World March for Peace and Non-violence to promote the abolition of nuclear weapons. The torch was lit from the Hiroshima Flame, a central feature of the Hiroshima Peace Park, in the lead-up to the 64th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of the city. The Hiroshima Flame was lit from the embers of the nuclear explosion in memory of those who perished. It will remain alight until all nuclear weapons are eliminated.
The Nuclear Abolition Torch was re-lit in Nagasaki on August 9 – the anniversary of the nuclear bombing of that city – at a ceremony in front of Te Korowai Rangimarie (The Cloak of Peace) – a sculpture donated by New Zealand to the Nagasaki Peace Park in 2007. The torch is part of the Nuclear Abolition Flame project, which includes both online (virtual) actions as well as actual events around the world to promote nuclear abolition and the achievement of a global nuclear disarmament treaty. Everyone is encouraged to spread the Nuclear Abolition Flame.
Waitakere Mayor Bob Harvey has brought the torch to Aotearoa-New Zealand for the World Peace March events here. Bob was in Japan for the Assembly of Mayors for Peace – an association of 3000 cities calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons – at which he was elected a Vice-President. Thanks to Mayra Gomez (Bolivia/Aotearoa) who organized the torch-lighting ceremonies.
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