On Thursday morning Senator Scott Ludlam will be presented with a message from Fremantle Mayor Peter Tagliaferri - Western Australia’s only Mayor for Peace - to deliver to the Mayor of Hiroshima next week.
MEDIA OPPORTUNITY
8.45am Thursday, 31 July 2008
Foyer area of Pavilion Three,
Perth Exhibition and Convention Centre
Mounts Bay Road, Perth.
“I am proud to take a message of peace to Mayor Akiba on behalf of Mayor Tagliaferri, who is the only Western Australian member of Mayors for Peace – a global network of 2,300 mayors and their cities working towards the total abolition of nuclear weapons,” Senator Ludlam said.
“In Fremantle, we have an active and spirited community and pride ourselves on a commitment to celebrating harmony and multiculturalism,” Mayor Tagliaferri said.
“By acknowledging our racial, cultural, social and religious diversity, we are helping to build a peaceful and productive future, which is why I support the Mayors for Peace initiative.”
Tadatoshi Akiba, Mayor of Hiroshima and President of the global network of Mayors for Peace, has invited Senator Ludlam to attend the ceremony in the Peace Park marking the 63rd anniversary of the US attack on Hiroshima.
“I am visiting Hiroshima to attend the World Conference Against the A & H Bomb, and I’m proud to be from Western Australia - a state that refuses to exploit its uranium resources, therefore ensuring that we do not participate in or profit from the nuclear arms race,” Senator Ludlam concluded.