What is the relationship between Mayors for Peace and the 2020 Vision Campaign?
The 2020 Vision Campaign is the main vehicle for advancing the agenda of Mayors for Peace. It was initiated on a provisional basis by the Executive Cities at their meeting in Manchester, UK, in October 2003. It was launched under the name ‘Emergency Campaign to Ban Nuclear Weapons’ in November of that year at the 2nd Citizens Assembly for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons held in Nagasaki, Japan. In August 2005, the World Conference endorsed continuation of the Campaign under the title of the ‘2020 Vision Campaign’. At that same World Conference, support was expressed for the establishment of an International Secretariat for the Campaign in Europe and the City of Ypres (Ieper) in Belgium offered to host the Secretariat. Campaign work began in May, 2006, and the Secretariat was officially inaugurated by the President of Mayors for Peace in July 2006. As of June 2007 the office is staffed full-time and the basic operation of the Secretariat is now supported by funds solicited from the m
