{"id":27026,"date":"2022-04-04T14:17:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T18:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=27026"},"modified":"2026-01-27T09:23:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T08:23:46","slug":"france-we-mayors-want-to-be-architects-of-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=27026","title":{"rendered":"France : \u201cWe, Mayors, want to be architects of Peace!”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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. . DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION . .<\/p>\n

A statement from l’AFCDRP-Maires pour la Paix<\/a> (translation by CPNN)<\/p>\n

In our cities, this military attack on Ukraine brings to the surface the family stories of the past century.\u00a0It also has a particular resonance with the conflicts of today’s world, for the inhabitants of the first, second and third generation of immigrants who have fled wars and misery to offer their loved ones a better life on our continent. .<\/p>\n

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\nIn kyiv, the departure of people fleeing Russian bombardments in Ukraine. | THE PICTORIUM\/MAXPPP<\/center><\/p>\n

On a daily basis, in the face of the war in Ukraine, cities are taking action!<\/strong><\/p>\n

On a daily basis, in the face of the war in Ukraine, cities are taking action!\u00a0They organize and support the journey and reception of refugees, collection of donations, accommodation and schooling, literacy courses and professional integration.<\/p>\n

Cities also work every day to anchor the values of peace, solidarity and mutual understanding in local public policies.<\/p>\n

In 2010, during a Mayors for Peace conference, Ban Ki Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, stressed that\u00a0“peace is built in towns and villages all over the world and not only in conference halls in New York or Geneva\u201d.<\/p>\n

Against all warmongers, war makers and military industry, the cities carry within them the powerful peaceful force of the peoples and their primary desire to stop all wars.<\/p>\n

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(Click here for the French version of this article<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\nQuestion related to this article:<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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\nHow can culture of peace be developed at the municipal level?<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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In our modern era, no city has ever declared war on another.\u00a0The cities and their representatives of the people know too well the human cost of blood, weapons and tears!<\/p>\n

A vibrant city diplomacy<\/strong><\/p>\n

From the day after the Second World War, the cities were, on the contrary, architects of peace with twinnings on each side of the Rhine.<\/p>\n

This city diplomacy is very much alive thanks to the Mayors for Peace network, which has been alerting the world for decades to the nuclear risk, thanks to the association Cit\u00e9s Unies France, which unites municipalities in common objectives of union of Peace and Democracy, and thanks also to United Cities and Local Governments.<\/p>\n

Alongside the imperative need to silence the arms, cities promote every day the values of dialogue.\u00a0Diplomacy is, basically, long-term patience against the use of arms!<\/p>\n

Bringing cities on the international stage<\/strong><\/p>\n

To build a better world, more than ever, we need to bring cities onto the international stage and give voice to peaceful municipalism and city diplomacy.<\/p>\n

We, mayors, want to keep alive our twinning and cooperation for dialogue between peoples.<\/p>\n

We, mayors, have a duty to build local strategies for a culture of peace with our fellow citizens.<\/p>\n

We thus strongly reaffirm that everything must be done to find a diplomatic solution to this war and to all wars!<\/p>\n

Signed by : Philippe Rio, Mayor of Grigny (PCF, 91), President of Mayors for Peace France;\u00a0Gilles Leproust, mayor of Allonnes (PCF, 72);\u00a0St\u00e9phanie Daumin, mayor of Chevilly-Larue (PCF, 94);\u00a0J\u00e9r\u00f4me Pasco, mayor of Conches-en-Ouch (Without label, 27);\u00a0Fran\u00e7ois Rebsamen, mayor of Dijon (PS, 21);\u00a0Christophe Sonrel, Mayor of Damelevi\u00e8res (PCF, 54);\u00a0Quentin Gesell, mayor of Dugny (DVD, 93);\u00a0Olivier Corzani, mayor of Fleury-M\u00e9rogis (PCF, 91);\u00a0Patrice Leclerc, Mayor of Gennevilliers (PCF, 92);\u00a0Patricia Tordjman, mayor of Gentilly (PCF, 92);\u00a0Michel Soriano, mayor of Lass\u00e9ran (Without label, 32);\u00a0Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Fountaine, mayor of La Rochelle (DVG, 17);\u00a0Jacqueline Belhomme, mayor of Malakoff (PCF, 92);\u00a0Micha\u00ebl Delafosse, mayor of Montpellier (PS, 34);\u00a0Philippe Lacroix, mayor of Oradour-sur-Glane (LREM-Horizons, 87);\u00a0Patrick Jarry,\u00a0mayor of Nanterre (DVG, 92);\u00a0Ali Rabeh, Mayor of Trappes (Generation. s, 93);\u00a0Pierre Garzon, mayor of Villejuif (PCF, 94);\u00a0Pierre Bell-Lloch, mayor of Vitry-sur-Seine (PCF, 94).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

. . DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION . . A statement from l’AFCDRP-Maires pour la Paix (translation by CPNN) In our cities, this military attack on Ukraine brings to the surface the family stories of the past century.\u00a0It also has a particular resonance with the conflicts of today’s world, for the inhabitants of the first, second and third … Continue reading France : \u201cWe, Mayors, want to be architects of Peace!”<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,75],"tags":[33],"class_list":["post-27026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-democracy","category-europe","tag-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27026"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37969,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27026\/revisions\/37969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}