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	Poster exhibition on the atomic bomb damage an article by campad Coincidentally the day when this article was prepared is the Peace Memorial Day for Hiroshima, the 6th of August. 67 years ago, in 1945, the atomic bomb was dropped in Hiroshima and it is said that about 140,000 people were killed because of the damage of the atomic bomb. Even today, thousands of citizens still suffer the aftereffects of radiation and emotional pain. To prevent any repetition of this tragedy, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have continually sought to sensitize about the inhumane cruelty of nuclear weapons and have consistently urged nuclear weapons to be abolished. Press conference on the upcoming poster exhibition held on the 25th of May 2012, in Yaoundé, Cameroon click on photo to enlarge “Mayors for Peace” was a network NGO established in 1982 to achieve the mission above. It is composed of cities around the world that have formally expressed support for the program Mayor Araki announced in 1982. As of August 1, 2012, membership stood at 5,312 cities in 153 countries and regions. To commemorate the number of member cities of “Mayors for Peace” which exceeded the 5000 city-milestones, the 8th Executive Conference of “Mayors for Peace” in November 2011, adopted an agenda that “Mayors for Peace” would create a new poster exhibit at all our member cities on the atomic bomb damage. The first poster exhibition will be in Vienna, Austria in May 2012 along with the first Preparatory Committee meeting for the NPT Review Conference. Around August 2012, or others memorial days such as like the International Peace day, the exhibition will be held in other cities by using public places. Please make inquiries to the city where you live if they will organize this poster exhibition. If you live in Cameroon, please feel free to come to the poster exhibition at Djeuga Palace Hotel in Yaoundé starting from the 3rd to 8th of September 2012. The official opening ceremony, projecting documentary film and symposium on abolishment of nuclear weapons are also planned during that period.		DISCUSSION Question(s) related to this article: Can we abolish all nuclear weapons?,
This report was posted on August 5, 2012.