HIROSHIMA, Aug. 2 Kyodo -- Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba said Friday he will express the city's determination to oppose nuclear proliferation and request global reconciliation and understanding when he delivers a peace declaration next Tuesday marking the 57th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the western Japan city.

Akiba said that in addition to mourning the victims of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, he will criticize the U.S. military action following the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington last September and its repeated nuclear tests since then.

The prevailing belief in the right of the strongest and the right to retaliate will only create more victims, often the weakest in society, he said.

In his declaration, the mayor said, he will quote the words of late U.S. President John F. Kennedy, who stated, ''World peace..does not require that each man love his neighbor..it requires only that they live together with mutual tolerance.''

Akiba said he will also urge U.S. President George W. Bush to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki to see with his own eyes the destruction nuclear weapons bring so that the past will not be repeated.

The mayor said he will also urge the Japanese government to uphold the Constitution, which states in its Article 9 that Japan will forever renounce war.

He said he will call on the government to reject nuclear weapons and contribute to the prevention of wars by conveying the experiences of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the world.

He will also say that the government has a responsibility to provide assistance to all atomic bombing survivors, especially those living abroad.