Belgian mayors raise voices against nukes

Some two hundred Belgian mayors have responded positively to the call for the worldwide abolition of all nuclear weapons by 2020, and for the withdrawal of US nukes from Europe.

The Belgian mayors are calling on their government to focus on its own disarmament obligations, but also on the need for nuclear disarmament in general, during the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference, which begins 2 May, in New York.

Moreover, they would like to see Belgium being the initia...