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the World Peace March route Oceania and East Asia Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines. Continental Asia Bangladesh, China, India, Israel, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Russian Federation, South Korea, Palestine, Turkey. Europe Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom. Africa Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Senegal, Togo. America Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, United States, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Dominican Republic, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela. Antarctica The World Peace March
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Abolition 2000 is a network of over 2000 organizations in more than 90 countries world wide working for a global treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons. www.abolition2000.org |
Join the march The World March for Peace and Non-violence will involve a core group of marchers travelling through 90 countries in 90 days. Numerous events will be organised along the route as well as in other centres. These include marches, concerts, rallies, exhibitions, seminars, sports events, cross-cultural parties, receptions, symbolic artistic events and much more. The March is open for anyone to join/support online, join in events in their country, join the march in other countries or organise their own events. Join the march events in Aotearoa-New Zealand Join the march in other countries Where-ever you are in the world you can follow and join the march online. This includes endorsing the march, publicising it to your networks and taking action to promote the key issues. One action already being promoted by the World March is the Nuclear Abolition Flame campaign. This aims for the global elimination of nuclear weapons through a nuclear weapons treaty. For more information see www.abolitionflame.org To endorse the march send your photo plus a paragraph about yourself and your vision for peace and nonviolence by email to the New Zealand World March Coordinator alyn@worldmarch.co.nz Join the march events in Aotearoa-New Zealand There are a number of public events and activities in Aotearoa-New Zealand that are open to the public to join. These include: September 21: Wanganui to Wellington feeder march September 21: Discover Christchurch in peace and conflict September 27: Auckland Peace Walk Launch October 2: World Peace March Starts October 3: Christchurch Peace March Other events - such as promotional concerts - will be organised leading up to the march. Click here if you would like to receive notices about upcoming World March events in Aotearoa-New Zealand. Joining the march in other countries To find out about World Peace March events in another country, visit the World Peace March website of that country. See the full list of World Peace March websites. To find out further information about joining the march in another country, contact the country coordinator at World Peace March contacts. The World March is open to individuals and groups organising peace events to celebrate and support the World March and to promote the aims of peace and nonviolence. If you are planning on organising such an event in Aotearoa-New Zealand please contact the NZ World March Coordinator. |
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World Peace March to start from most peaceful nation on earth! Scoop – NZ June 5 Mundo sin Guerres (World without Wars), an international organisation working to prevent war and promote non-violence, has decided to start a 90-day World March for Peace and Non-violence www.worldmarch.co.nz in New Zealand, the country recently affirmed by the Global Peace Index (GPI) as the most peaceful nation on earth. The World March will start in Wellington, New Zealand's capital city, on Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday 2 October and then travel through 95 countries culminating in Argentina. Thousands of concerts, festivals, forums, and demonstrations are planned to coincide with the march worldwide. Rafael de la Rubia, founder of Mundo sin Guerres and the international spokesperson for the World March says “We chose New Zealand because it is the first country to grant women the right to vote, to legally ban nuclear weapons, and the first and only country to establish a Minister for Disarmament, so we are pleased at the recognition now given to New Zealand by the Global Peace Index.” See World Peace March to start from most peaceful nation on earth! Did You Know?
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