New
York:
The
president of the UN General Assembly Miguel D’Escoto and
International World March Coordinator Rafael de la Rubia met on June
16 at the UN headquarters in New York to discuss the objectives of
the World March and its endorsement by the President of the General
Assembly.
In
the meeting, which lasted more than an hour and took place in a
friendly atmosphere of deep mutual understanding, both parties
expressed their firm commitment to work together to promote the
World March and its goals, which are in agreement with the founding
principles of the United Nations.
D’Escoto said he personally supports the World March because he
shares the objectives it pursues and the principles it represents.
He said he would work to achieve the support of other member
nations, as has already happened with Nicaragua, and that he would
help in the organization of the March in Asia, Europe and the
Americas.
Both parties agreed that there must be “zero tolerance” for nuclear
arms and that it was indispensable to achieve their complete
eradication, one of the main objectives of the World March.
After the meeting, de la Rubia met with the Chinese Mission to the
United Nations to explain the goals of the March, discuss China’s
endorsement of the March and the possibilities of the March passing
through China.
The
World March, an historic milestone, is an initiative of World
Without Wars, an international organization that promotes
nonviolence and works to prevent war.
An
international team of marchers will cross the six planets starting
on October 2, 2009 -- the International Day of Nonviolence -- in
Wellington, New Zealand, and arrive on January 2, 2010 at Punta de
Vacas, Argentina. Thousands of concerts, festivals, forums, and
demonstrations are planned to coincide with the March in over 100
countries.
World March endorsers include seven heads of state, among them
Michele Bachelet of Chile, Evo Morales of Bolivia, and Cristina
Kirchner of Argentina; several Nobel Prize winners, including
Rigoberta Manchu and Desmond Tutu, and ex-US President Jimmy Carter,
Queen Rania al-Abdullah of Jordan and numerous music, film and
sports celebrities, such as Yoko Ono, Penelope Cruz, Pedro Almodóvar,
and Zubin Mehta. Support also comes international organizations
including Mayors for Peace, Abolition 2000 and national branches of
Amnesty International.
The
proposals of the World March are nuclear disarmament at a global
level, the immediate withdrawal of invading troops, the progressive
and proportional reduction of conventional weapons, the renunciation
by governments of war as a way to resolve conflicts and the creation
of a new global consciousness that recognizes the urgent need to
reject all forms of violence and achieve peace.
For
more information: theworldmarch.org, worldmarchusa.net
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