Ahrensfelde sets a sign: flag for peace and disarmament.

Ahrensfelde sets a sign: flag for peace and disarmament.

Ahrensfelde, Deutschland - On July 15, 2025, many cities worldwide say: "Hiss the flag for peace!" On this special day, the flag day of the "Mayors for Peace" initiative, Ahrensfelde shows that commitment to a peaceful world is very popular. This global campaign, which combines more than 8,500 member cities, was founded in 1982 by the Mayor of Hiroshima to fight for the abolition of nuclear weapons. The importance of the day is underpinned by a judgment of the International Court of Justice, which already stated in 1996 that the use of nuclear weapons violates international law. Barnim Aktuell reports of the participation in Ahrensfeld, where the flag blows in the town hall for a month and calls to set a sign against nuclear upgrade.

But what happens in other cities? In Germany, around 600 municipalities take part in this important day, including districts in Berlin and the city of Seelow in the Märkisch-Oderland. There, Mayor Robert Nitz urgently reminded that in 2025 it is important to set a clear sign against atomic weapons in 2025 even 80 years after the end of World War II. In Potsdam, this memorial action is also symbolically underlined by planting a ginkgo tree that survived the explosion in Hiroshima. Potsdam's mayor Burkhard Exner confirms the commitment to a world without nuclear weapons and emphasizes the historical relevance of the topic. rbb24

worldwide challenges

Despite these pleasant determined actions, the challenges in the world are great. According to the experts from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri), there are currently more than 12,241 nuclear explosive heads on the planet, and all nine nuclear powers modernize their arsenale. The rapid growth of the Chinese nuclear weapons arsenal is particularly worrying. This reinforces the voices that advocate a new nuclear arms in Hanover and other cities.