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BERLIN, GERMANYBerlin is Germany’s largest city (pop. 3,700,000) and its historic and new capital. Formed from two villages chartered in 13th century it was a leading member of Hanseatic League. Berlin became prominent as a commercial, cultural, and communi- cations centre of Central Europe. It was the capitol of Prussia and of the German Empire after 1871 and the Weimar Republic after World War I. In World War II it was badly damaged by Allied bombing and a Soviet artillery attack. In 1945 it was divided into West Berlin (British-American-French zone) and East Berlin (Soviet zone). The status of divided Berlin became a major cold war issue. As the East German Communist regime collapsed (1989-90), the wall between the two parts of the city (erected in 1961) was breached. Upon German reunification in Oct. 1990, the new, all-German parliament held a symbolic session in Berlin in old Reichstag building, and in 1991 it voted to move the federal government to the city. |
2/15/2008
Venues of the IAPMC in 2008In 2008 two key events for us, members of the IAPMC, are the Executive Board meeting which will be in Suwon, S. Korea from 23-27 April 2008. The second important event is, of course, our annual General Assembly which will be kindly hosted by the city of Sochi, Russian Federation, from 13-16 November 2008. The topic of the General Assembly will be ‘The 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: The Struggle for Peace’.
12/31/2007
60th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human RightsThe International Association of Peace Messenger Cities has undertaken a campaign to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It will be culminated at our General Assembly in Sochi, Russia on November 13, 2008 under the theme” The 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: The Struggle for Peace!”
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