Let us be reminded that this organization, having a consultative status at the UN ECOSOS, sees its mission in the establishment of sustainable peace all over the planet, for which an inalienable prerequisite is the elimination of the very idea of ever using nuclear weapons.

The new "Mayors for Peace" campaign is called "Vision for Peaceful Transformation to a Sustainable World (PX Vision): Peacebuilding by Cities for Disarmament and Common Security". Its three goals are formulated to account both to the principal aims of "Mayors for Peace", as well as the UN Sustainable Development Goals. They are:

1) realize a world without nuclear weapons;

2) realize safe and resilient cities;

3) promote a culture of peace – a culture in which the everyday actions of each member of the public are grounded in thinking about peace.

It might be that in many countries, the latter goal will be the one to inspire a greater interest in "Mayors for Peace". Among the measures recommended for its achievement, one can cite:

- promote the importance of peace through art and sporting events;

- widely convey the realities of the atomic bombings and war;

- pass down war experiences through testimonies;

- develop youth leadership for future peace activities.

The previous Vision 2020 Campaign (aimed at the liquidation of all nuclear weapons by the year 2020) did not reach its goal. This demonstrated that a radical antinuclear agenda is unlikely to triumph. Alternatively, the perspective-intensive work may turn out to be more efficient, as it emphasizes the consequences of any nuclear weapons use and the significance of peaceful cooperation. It will be aimed at the cementing of mutual understanding between cities and their residents – an eventually, their countries, of which each and every must realize that in nuclear war, there can be no winners, and so it must never be started.

This kind of work speaks directly to the hearts of all Volgograd residents. An important area of Volgograd's international activity is to preserve and promote the historic truth about WW2, and oppose all attempts to falsify history. Volgograd stands for peace, because it was our city that in 1942-1943 became a platform for one of the crucial battles and the turning point of WW2 – the Battle of Stalingrad. Our attention and enthusiasm for the development of friendship links with the cities abroad, is, too, at least partially inspired by the war history. Yet another important outcome of the Battle of Stalingrad was the birth of the international twinning movement.