CITIES APPEAL:
Kiama, NSW
The ICAN Cities Appeal was endorsed by the Kiama Municipal Council, New South Wales, on 16th August 2022.
MOTION
Council endorses the following statement, moved by Councillors Larkins and Draisma:
- Kiama is concerned about the grave threat that nuclear weapons pose to communities throughout the world. We firmly believe that our residents have the right to live in a world free from this threat. Any use of nuclear weapons, whether deliberate or accidental, would have catastrophic, far-reaching and long-lasting consequences for people and the environment. Therefore, we warmly welcome the adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons by the United Nations in 2017, and we call on our national government to sign and ratify it without delay.
- That the Mayor and Chief Executive Officer jointly write to International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) advising that Kiama Municipal Council has agreed to endorse the ICAN Cities Appeal.
CARRIED
FURTHER ACTION
2025: Kiama commemorates 80th anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
On Tuesday 15th July 2025, Kiama Municipal Council (NSW) passed a commemorative motion which acknowedged the 80th anniversaries of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and reaffirmed its support for the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
Councillors Melinda Lawton and Erica Warren moved that council:
1. Acknowledge the 80th anniversaries of the atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 6th and 9th of August 1945; honouring the memory of more than 210,000 people who died; and recognises the ongoing suffering of survivors (Hibakusha) and their descendants.
2. Continues our commitment to annually mark Hiroshima and Nagasaki Day through public acknowledgement and community engagement, providing an opportunity to reflect on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear warfare and to promote peace.
3. Reaffirms its commitment to peace, community safety, and the safeguarding of human life and the environment.
4. Recognises the ongoing threat posed by nuclear weapons and the devastating impact their use would have on cities, civilians, and ecosystems worldwide.
5. Reaffirms our support for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Cities Appeal, which endorses the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
6. That the Mayor and Chief Executive Officer jointly write to the Australian Government requesting that it sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons without delay.
Carried unanimously