28 October 2020 – To align to the UN General Assembly’s focus on reducing urban violence and to deliver the Sustainable Development Goal 16 – “to reduce violence everywhere” – together with Pathfinders and the Peace in Our Cities Campaign, the GPM has partnered to reach out to mayors, cities, international organisations and city networks from all over the world to drive a global city-led violence reduction agenda. GPM Executive Committee member Mayor Marvin Rees of Bristol (UK) has led the resolution as rapporteur together with Robert Muggah, expert and Co-Chair of the GPM Advisory Committee. “To speed up achievement of SDG16, and promote inclusive economic development, our resolution sets out 11 basic commitments to deliver safety and security in cities. These commitments are informed by science and good practice, and have been developed by experts from around the world,” said GPM Mayor Rees. The resolution on violence reduction has been signed off by more than 55 cities together with city networks representing over 1,500 cities and metropolitan areas. According to GPM Mayor Rees, “the GPM put forward this resolution in response to the violence we continue to see in our global cities. In many places, Covid-19 has accelerated many of the drivers of conflict, crime, and interpersonal violence – especially violence against woman and children “.
Cities and city networks can join the resolution on Violence Reduction by contacting baharan.andishmand@denhaag.nl before 31 October 2020.
Read here the final urge from Mayor Marvin Rees to join the resolution.
Mayors Supporting the Resolution
Mayor Yousef Shawarbeh
Amman, Jordan
Mayor Rohey Malik Lowe
Banjul, The Gambia
Mayor Alec von Graffenried
Bern, Switzerland
Mayor Juan Maria Aburto
Bilbao, Spain
Mayor Ricardo Rio
Braga, Portugal
Mayor Adrian Schrinner
Brisbane, Australia
Mayor Dirk de Fauw
Brugge, Belgium
Mayor Marvin Rees
Bristol, United Kingdom
Mayor Gergely Karácsony
Budapest, Hungary
Mayor Dan Plato
Cape Town, South Africa
Mayor Emil Boc
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Mayor Steve Benjamin
Columbia, USA
Mayor Nan Whaley
Dayton, Ohio, United States of America
Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda
Durban, South Africa
Mayor Thomas Geisel
Dusseldorf, Germany
Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Mayor Aleksandra Maria Dulkiewicz
Gdansk, Poland
Mayor Mathias De Clercq
Ghent, Belgium
Mayor Lutfi Haziri
Gjilan, Kosovo
Mayor Josep Mayoral Antigas
City of Granollers, (Barcelona Province) Spain
Mayor Einat Kalisch-Rotem
Haifa, Israel
Mayor Taysir Abu Snienah
Hebron (Al Khalel), Palestine
Mayor Eckart Würzner
Heidelberg, Germany
Mayor Grace Mary Mugasa
Hoima, Uganda
Mayor Jan Pellervo Vapaavuori
Helsinki, Finland
Mayor David Balaba
Iganga, Uganda
Mayor Ibrahim Janko Sanneh
Janjangbureh, The Gambia
Mayor Erias Lukwago Ssalongo
Kampala, Uganda
Mayor Marcin Krupa
Katowice, Poland
Mayor Jawara Saihou
Kuntaur Area Council, The Gambia
Mayor Abdül Batur
Konak Municipality (Izmir) Turkey
Mayor Zoran Janković
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Mayor Peter Soulsby
Leicester, England
Mayor Eric Garcetti
Los Angeles, USA
Mayor José Luis Martínez-Almeida Navasqüés
Madrid, Spain
Mayor Hélder Sousa Silva
Mafra, Portugal
Lord Mayor Abid Latif Chohan
Manchester, United Kingdom
Mayor Peter Kurz
Mannheim, Germany
Mayor Giuseppe Sala
Milan, Italy
Mayor Jefferson Koijee
Monrovia, Liberia
Mayor Regina Bakitte
Nansana, Uganda
Mayor Geoffrey Ngiriker
Nebbi, Uganda
Mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis
Nicosia, Cyprus
Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz
Newham, United Kingdom
Mayor Itambi Tagyen Andrew
Njikwa, Cameroon
Mayor Leoluca Orlando
Palermo, Italy
Mayor Bill Peduto
Pittsburgh, USA
Mayor Mohamed Sadiki
Rabat, Marocco
Mayor Dagur B. Eggertsson
Reykjavik, Iceland
Mayor Vojko Obersnel
Rijeka, Croatia
Mayor Bryan Barnett
Rochester Hills, United States of America
Mayor Piotr Kuczera
Rybnik, Poland
Mayor Felipe Alessandri Vergara
Santiago, Chile
Mayor Basilio Horta
Sintra, Portugal
Mayor Landing B. Sanneh
Soma Town, The Gambia
Mayor Ko Wen-je
Tapei, Taiwan
Mayor Ahmet Ataç
Tepebasi, Turkey
Mayor Lisa Helps
Victoria BC, Canada
Mayor Baikuntha Nath Neupane
Vyas, Nepal
Mayor Jacek Sutryk
Wroclaw, Poland