Santa Monica Welcomes its newest Italian Sister City: Sant'Elia Fiumerapido-Cassino (1,2,3) Santa Monica Mayor Herb Katz (left) and President of Prov. Frosinone, Italy Francesco Scalia (right), sign proclamations making Sant'Elia Fiumerapido-Cassino (Italy) Santa Monica's newest Sister City during a Signing Induction Ceremony at City Hall on Thursday, August 21, 2008. Mayor Katz and President Scalia exchange gifts during the induction ceremony. (4) Santa Monica Sister City President Joseph Deering (left) and Sant'Elia Fiumerapido-Cassino Sister City President Dr. ssa Luisa Grossi sign a resolution establishing an international friendship relationship between the Sister City Associations of Sant'Elia Fiumerapido-Cassino, Italy and Santa Monica, California, USA during a Signing Ceremony at City Hall on Thursday, (5) The Sister City Delegates from Italy and California pose for a group portrait in front of Santa Monica City Hall. Santa Monica's other three sister cities are Mazatlan, Mexico; Hamm, Germany and Fujinomiya, Japan. The mission of Sister City is to develop international friendships fulfilling President Dwight D. Eisenhower's dream of "citizen diplomats" establishing peace with "people -to-people" contacts between countries. Educating young people in the cultural, academic and family life of other countries, and through exchanges create better understanding and mutual respect. Fostering appreciation of the beauty and uniqueness of other cultures through the media of their art, music, dance and literature. Encouraging youth to understand other people and their customs through the universal medium of sports and games and stimulating dialogue at the people-to-people level about commerce, science, politics and human relations as they affect us all in an increasingly global environment.