CITIES APPEAL:

West Arnhem Regional Council, NT

The ICAN Cities Appeal was endorsed by West Arnhem Regional Council on 3rd June 2025.

This resolution reflects Council’s ongoing commitment to peace, nuclear disarmament, and the promotion of a safer world for all communities.

MOTION

That council:

  1. Acknowledges the 80th anniversaries of the US atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6th and 9th, 1945. We honour the 210,000+ victims of these attacks, and the Hibakusha and Hibakunesei who continue to live with the legacy of nuclear weapons.
  2. Notes that our city/town is deeply 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.
  3. Notes that any use of nuclear weapons, whether deliberate or accidental, would have catastrophic, far‐reaching and long‐lasting consequences for people and the environment.
  4. Endorses the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Cities Appeal, a global call from cities and towns in support of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, and calls on our national government to sign and ratify it without delay.

CARRIED.

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