CARACAS TO BE "WORLD
PEACE
CAPITAL" IN APRIL
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2008
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Meeting
in Hanoi, the capital of
Vietnam, on Nov. 19-20, the World Peace Council (WPC) Executive
Committee announced plans for major peace activities in Caracas,
Venezuela.
During the
dates of April 8-13, Caracas will be declared "The World Capital of
Peace and the Anti-Imperialist Struggle." Under this slogan, the WPC
will hold a meeting of the outgoing Executive Committee on April 8,
followed by its World Peace Assembly (the highest decision-making body
of the WPC) on April 9-10, and an open broad World Peace Conference on
April 11 and 12. The final day, April 13, will be dedicated to the
peoples who are in struggle for sovereignty against foreign
interference, coinciding with the sixth anniversary of the restoration
of peoples' power in Venezuela, after the defeated coup d'état
attempt in 2002.
The WPC
expressed its appreciation for the assistance of the Venezuelan
government and its institutions, which have warmly welcomed the WPC
activities. The Committee for International Solidarity (COSI, the WPC's
affiliated organization in Venezuela) and a National Preparatory
Committee will do the groundwork for the April events.
Announcing
the news, the WPC said it "is proud to be able to share the aspirations
and struggles of the peoples of Latin America, considering the
political developments in the region as very encouraging and promising.
Holding our Assembly in Caracas, for the first time in South America,
we write a new chapter in the glorious history of the WPC, opening a
new phase for the development of the anti-imperialist peace movement
world wide. The WPC is entering with the next Assembly in a new period,
where we have all to demand more from ourselves. We shall make our WPC
stronger, based in even more countries, more visible and useful tool
for the coming difficult struggles of the world peace movement."
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