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countdown 71 days eQuAdoR The event "One thousand Cranes for Peace" in the Ecuadorean capital, Quito, was a great October 2, 2009 success. During three days participants learnt how to January 2, 2010 make paper cranes and heard the story of Sadako Sasaki, which moved more than one person and International Bulletin N r 9 filled them with enthusiasm to join the symbolic 22 nd July 2009 origami event to proclaim peace in the world. This year the cranes are dedica - www.theworldmarch.org ted to the World March. Sadoka Sasaki was 2 years old when the atomic bomb was drop - Making paper World March ped on her home town of cranes in Quito Endorsement Day Hiroshima on the 6th August As Hiroshima day approaches WM 1945. When she was 12 she ful world of Origami. organisers around the world are pre - was hospitalised with leukae - Hosted in the galleries paring to mark this solemn occasion. mia and given a year to live. Her of the Ministry of Culture In over 300 cities and towns around best friend came to the hospital the event was also visited the globe a multitude of events is and taught her how to fold paper by professors passionate being planned to raise awareness of cranes, a mythical and holy bird in about art, curious young Japanese culture. According to people and enthusiastic family the terrible consequences that even Japanese tradition the folding of a members. For "Paper Quito" it one small nuclear devise can cause. thousand cranes means that a living was a moment to show paper crea - The one small nuclear devise that crane can grant you a wish, such as long life or tions that demonstrated talent, knowled - landed on Hiroshima caused recovery from a serious illness. Sadly Sadako's wish ge, patience, skill and passion. 140,000 deaths, roughly half on the didn't come true but her story has become a symbol They will be given to the group "Semilleros de la day of the bombing itself, the rest later of the struggle for peace and the campaign against No-violencia Activa" (The Seeds of Active on due to illness, malnutrition and nuclear weapons. Nonviolence) who are promoting the WM in Ecuador radiation sickness, later on further During the event hundreds of hands came toge - and preparing for its arrival in December 2009. "So, deaths occurred from a wide range of ther for this initiative held for the second year in in the months that remain before this great event terrible cancers, such as that of Ecuador and organised by the "Paper Quito" Origami the Origami Club, "Paper Quito" will continue folding club; mainly students from various schools and colle - cranes and transmit the message of peace," their Sadako Sasaki (see right). However, it ges of Quito, who folded and learnt about the wonder - spokesperson said. seems that this wasn’t enough as 3 days later the horror was repeated in Nagasaki. In recent years, people have beco - 900km tour of Côte d'Ivoire for the World March me complacent about the dangers of Between the 16th and 23rd of June the World March promotion team made a national tour of the nuclear weapons, yet with thousands West African country to set up local coordination teams in 5 cities. of them still capable of being laun - ched at a moment’s notice the risk that CôTe d'IvoIRe Thanks to funding dium. 30 artists, singers and exists of accident and failures means from the Ministry of Finance a comedians will take part toge - team of 13 intrepid World ther with speeches by dignita - we are living in constant threat: a thre - March coordinators set out to ries and representatives of at that the media mostly ignores. tour the country in a week to NGOs, etc. Before the concert The recent arrival of President publicise the World March and there will be a symbolic March Obama in Washington is certainly put in place a programme of through the city to raise aware - giving rise to a more relaxed climate events to celebrate the March ness of the WM. The launch will for talking about nuclear disarmament as it passes through the country be publicised for free on natio - with Moscow. This month we have per - in November. nal TV and radio stations. ceived symbolic gestures Armed with 2080 prospectu - World March Promotion Team Fortuné Kouadio, World of important reductions, ses and a list of contacts in each March representative in Côte the greatest reduction of of the cities, the group carried these 5 cities, then another tour d'Ivoire said, "We would like and out an exhausting series of bus of the country will take place to we would wish that representa - nuclear weapons to journeys to Yamoussoukro, raise consciousness of the need tives of the World March from date. But, nevertheless Daloa, San Pedro, Agboville and for peace through nonviolence. Togo, Benin, Mali, Burkina and there is no sign of the Adzopé. The World March will be offi - Ghana will come to this great Missile Defence System The World March will start cially launched to the public in event in Côte d'Ivoire to speak being stopped. It will need simultaneously on the 2nd of the country on the 1st of August on this day. It will be an event for October with events in all of with a concert in an Abidjan sta - the whole of West Africa." Rafa de la Rubia Festive multicultural gathering in Madrid The Centre of Cultures organised a festive gathering as a precursor to the 3rd day of dialogue between Cultures that will be held on the 24th of october in various Spanish cities.

SPAIN On Sunday the 28th of June a festive multicultural gathering took place in the Central Queen something more, to go further so that of Madrid Cultural Club, organi - the nice words of President Obama put sed by diverse associations fede - an end to the nuclear threat. rated to the Centre of Cultures. WM spokesperson, Rafa de la Rubia In the morning there was a pre - will be accompanying a delegation of sentation of the March accompa - nied by videos, followed by a World without Wars in Japan at events workshop on nonviolence and a to remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki workshop of games for intercultu - and the need to create a global cons - ral diversity. In the meantime, ciousness that promotes “Zero- various workshops of games, lan - Tolerance” of nuclear weapons so that terns, and percussion instru - never more will events like these hap - ments were taking place with the pen again. De la Rubia said, “Taking children present. advantage of the experience of our Presentation during the Madrid event friends in Japan, who are lucky enough After a shared lunch, in the to have a constitution that renounces afternoon there was an opportu - nity for those present to express 750 young people from indige - to participate prior to this in the the use of war to resolve disputes, we what their participation in the nous communities, and finally events of the 6th of August to will ask them to help us in this project so event had meant for them. It is Ana, whose sensitivity was made mark the bombing of Hiroshima that their example may be followed in worth reporting the words of evident through her voice as she and also on the 2nd of October other countries. We know that only Karina from Ecuadorian Radio sang. (day of nonviolence and commen - through the combined pressure of citi - FM who committed to decidedly cement of the WM). zens will the politicians respond and do publicise everything that the Sara Tajuelo , spokesperson for what is necessary when the Non- Centre of Cultures was doing and the Centre of Cultures made a The gathering ended with the Proliferation Treaty is reviewed next the words of Olivia, recently arri - presentation about the 3rd Day music of Ana and Cristina and year. The World March is an excellent ved from Guatemala, who expres - of Dialogue between Cultures everyone got up to dance to the opportunity for that combined pressure sed her joy at the endorsement of and also invited everyone present intercultural music fusion. to be demonstrated and made felt by world’s leaders.” our endorsers

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Italian director, dramatist, actor and set- Jose Manuel Ramos-Horta designer. Nobel Laureate for literature in is East Timor's second 1997. “To say I am non-violent means president since indepen - nothing. What do I do to avoid this dence from Indonesia. He violence to continue? What does it mean to pro - shared the Nobel Peace duce information against violence? To talk, to Prize in 1996 with Carlos show documents, to try to involve young peo - Belo and was Prime ple in the refusal of this action unworthy of Minister from 2006 until civilized people. [...] We see war and violence his inauguration as presi - every day in the attitude of our governments dent after winning the pre - […] We must fight this attitude with a lan - sidential election in 2007. guage that is effective and above all civil, always with very great imagination and allo - wing people not only to realise, but also to convince themselves of the fact that we don't have the right to call ourselves a civilized peo - ple if we don't fight for the rights of others” Breasts for Peace: Community nonviolence festival first day of summer draws 'record crowd' in CANAdA 5th annual 'Day in the Park' celebrates nonviolence. The humanist Movement in Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada, held CzeCh RePuBlIC On Sunday 21st of their 5th annual Nonviolence Festival "Day in the Park" on Saturday June an unusual procession went June 27, with about 1500 people experiencing the sights and through Prague: a large group of sounds from noon to 9pm. located on the island in Victoria Park, Czech youth with their bodies pain - the event gathered community groups, vendors, bands, speakers ted with symbols of Peace. and an activity and games area for kids. Two professional body painters, Matt Albrecht, organizer of the Festival, said it was the best Day from a famous Prague studio in the Park yet. "It was a terrific day. In fact, it was one of the best expressed their art by painting true days of my life!" masterpieces on the torsos of the girls and boys. Around 2pm the group The World March was very present, and people were able to of models together with the body painters headed for the National Theatre endorse it online directly. each visitor also received a welcome kit to meet the press. with information about the The procession then continued through the centre of Prague with Lucie March, and a number of people Vachová, former Miss Czech Republic, at the head in a Summer Queen offered to help organize the costume on board a vintage Cadillac. WM's next event in Kitchener - The festival to mark the start of summer then continued with a concert a peace sign on September 21, by singer David Kraus . the International Day of Peace .

Nonviolence Training for World March volunteers in South Korea The Korean World March committee hosted a training workshop to promote the themes of the WM. SouTh CoReA On June 22nd, tive energy within us towards nator said following the workshop, around 70 participants such as social change by means of "We hope that more people find peace activists, other NGO staff "Nonviolence Communication'. the peace inside themselves with and some graduate students, par - The interactive workshop had the charm of nonviolence com - ticipated in a workshop at the elements of role play, group inter - munication which deals with the Methodist Theological University change and brainstorming with hidden violence and antago - in Seoul. the aim of identifying mechanical nism." This workshop was sponsored reaction patterns and new ways to The Korea Committee for the by the Center for Nonviolent surpass conflict through a third World March for Peace and Communication. Katherine Han, way that is not violent and not just Nonviolence, consisting of representative of the NVC and avoidance of conflict, but through more than 30 peace NGOs, are certified leader of the CNVC led the use of more effective commu - planning many important upco - participants in transforming the nication skills. ming events for peace and non - image of the enemy and the nega - Dr. Park Sung-Yong, WM coordi - violence. Workshop participants

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Emergency provides medi - Abolition 2000 is an inter - Mayors for Peace is an The Agency for the Unitarian Universalism cal treatment to civilian national global network international organization Prohibition of Nuclear (UU) is a non-creedal victims of war. working for a treaty to eli - of cities, dedicated to the Weapons in Latin America liberal religion for all "Emergency feels like a minate nuclear weapons promotion of peace. The and the Caribbean is an faiths. Their community participant on a path that within a time-bound fra - current Mayor of inter-governmental agency encourages free explora - crosses the places in mework. It is open to all Hiroshima, Tadatoshi created by the Treaty of tion, without doctrinal which human beings live. organizations endorsing Akiba , is the President of Tlatelolco to ensure that constrains, of world reli - To think and to define the the Abolition 2000 the organization. the obligations of the gions, spiritualities, and Earth in this way, without Statement. The Network "The only hope for world Treaty are met. The Treaty philosophies. references to borders and aims at providing groups peace is the elimination established the creation of "UUHK supports the flags, means the involve - concerned with nuclear of nuclear weapons. This a Nuclear Free Zone goals of peace, justice ment of all in the fate of issues a forum for the is a test we can and must throughout the region. and equality for all. The everyone. Peace is not the exchange of information pass. When we do, we OPANAL also supervises World March embodies interval between two and the development of can move on to cooperati - the adherence to the the spirit of our ideals. wars. Peace is the politics joint initiatives. vely solving the many Control System and the UUHK endorses coopera - of friendship." other problems we face." obligations stemming from tive efforts towards a the Treaty. better world for all." National Assembly of Mali endorses the March

MAlI The little known West African country of Mali, possibly ITAly most famous for the legendary city of Timbuktu, confirms that the National Assembly and Assembly President fully support the World March. The republic of Mali is a former French colony with a population of 12 million people and a 90% Muslim popula - tion. It is the 7th largest country in Africa and according to history of the uN statistics one of the poorest countries in the world. Nuclear Bomb Following an approach by the National Promotion Team a In 1898 French physicist Pierre Curie letter has just been received confirming and his Polish wife Maria Sklodowska- the endorsement of the Assembly and Curie discovered that there was a subs- the Assembly's President, Dioncounda tance in uranium ore which emitted large Traoré (photo). amounts of radioactivity, which they CoSTA RICA named radium. In his letter President Traoré said, "The aims of this March being in perfect In 1932 James Chadwick discovered harmony with the commitment of our the neutron. country, to promote peace, understan - In 1934 the idea of a chain reaction via ding and solidarity between peo - neutron was proposed by Leó Szilárd, ple, I can assure you, Mr who patented the idea of the atomic Coordinator, of our total sup - bomb. port, the National Assembly In 1941 the Manhattan Project to deve- and myself, to this worldwide lop the nuclear bomb was launched. event of high humanitarian impact." On July 16, 1945 in the desert north Gaoussou Bathily, World PhIlIPPINeS of Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA the first March Coordinator in Mali nuclear test took place. said, "This is an important On August 6, 1945 a uranium-based bonus for us!" weapon, "Little Boy", was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, August 9, 1945 a plutonium-based weapon, "Fat Man", was Chilean Universities dropped onto the city of Nagasaki. for the World March The association of all 16 Chilean State universities decide to back the WM, giving it their full support. gReeCe

ChIle News has reached World to political, religious, economic or March organisers in Chile of the any other interests. Zolezzi Cid, confirmation of the support of who is also the Rector of the the Consortium of Chilean State University of Santiago of Chile, Universities (CUECH). finished his letter by writing, "So, In his letter, President Juan we wish to receive information Zolezzi Cid wrote, CUECH "also about the preparation and deve - expresses its lopment of the editorial team willingness to con - March at an tribute to the International n Daniela Mencarelli (Italy), Coordination development of level and its pas - n Tony robinson (uK / Poland), ICelANd english edition. the March, autho - sage through n María Silvia Marini (Argentina) and rising and facilita - Chile and we María José lópez (Spain), ting its publicising authorise that Spanish edition. in the different our endorsement n Carles Martín (Spain), Catalan edition . Universities of this be made official, n Giovanna Vascimino (Italy), Italian consortium" . published, and edition. State universi - disseminated n Olivier Turquet (Italy), documentation ties in Chile are through the n Angelo Colella (Italy), design recognised for endorsement letter media and social Contact: [email protected] their establis - ambits of the hment as institutions not subject country and abroad" NePAl www.theworldmarch.org FoR MoRe INFoRMATIoN CoNTACT :

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