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Comunicati Internazionale 23/03: Toward the World March
Comunicati Internazionale 23/03: Toward the World March
| 23/03: Toward the World March |
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| domenica 22 marzo 2009 | |
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The World March for Peace and Nonviolence will begin in New Zeland on October, 2, 2009, the anniversary of Gandhi's birth, and conclude in Punta de Vacas, in the Andes Mountains, on January, 2, 2010. During these 90 days, the march will cross 90 countries, over 100 cities, 6 continents, covering a distance of over 160'000 km. www.theworldmarch.org - link al video - press_kit 
Jimmy Carter and Mario Soares endorse the World March Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States and Nobel Peace Laureate, endorses the World March with enthusiasm. The same day the endorsement from Mario Soares, first president of the Republic of Portugal after 40 years of dictatorship, arrived. 
Demonstration in Madrid for the anniversary of the Iraq invasion March 17, 2009, the anniversary of the Iraq invasion, various organisations have demonstrated in the la Puerta del Sol square in Madrid to demand the end of all wars, nuclear disarmament and the withdrawal of foreign troops from occupied territories. A group of students who attended the demonstration invited everyone to form a human chain for peace and nonviolence. 
The World March at the "Do the right thing" exibition World March activists participated with a stand to the "Do the right thing" exibition in Milan, March 13, 14, 15. The event, at its VI edition, attracts every year around 40.000 visitors. 10.000 cards and 600 brochures were distributed and several associations were contated. 
Declaration by Jan Tamas "We won an important battle against the Missile Defence Shield" Following the suspension of the ratification process by the Czech government of the two treaties with the United States regarding the installation of a radar base, Jan Tamas, spokesperson for the Nonviolent Movement in the Czech Republic, declares: «We won an important battle, even if the war against the radar has not been won yet.The government declares it intends to wait for Obama's visit to Prague and the outcome of the Nato meetings in Strasbourg and and Kiel in April, before tring to present the treaties to the Parliament for ratification again, but according to many, the government would not be strong enough to pass such a vote. We are now preparing for Obama's visit to Prage, April the 5th.» |
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