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HELSINKI, FINLAND

Helsinki is the capital of Finland and its commercial, administrative, and intellectual centre. Founded in 1550 by Gustavus I of Sweden, the city was devastated by a great fire in 1808. It was rebuilt as a well-planned and spacious metropolis. The city grew rapidly when Alexander I of Russia moved the capital there from Turku. The University of Helsinki (founded in 1640 in Turku) was moved to Helsinki in 1828, a move that made Helsinki the centre of Finish nationalism. The Church of St. Nicholas, the national art gallery, a railway station designed by Eliel Sarrinen, a sports stadium that was the scene of the 1952 Olympic games, and a technical university founded in 1879 are in Helsinki.
2/15/2008

Venues of the IAPMC in 2008
In 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 Rights
The 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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