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MINSK, BYELORUSSIAMinsk, the capital of Byelorussia, is a large cultural and industrial centre. First mentioned in1067, it became capital of the Minsk principality in1101 and part of Lithuania in 1326. At the end of the 15th century, it became a great craft and trade centre. It passed to Russia in the second partition of Poland in 1793. The city’s industrial development began in the 1870s, and it was one of the largest Jewish centres of Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages and before World War II. Although the city was heavily damaged by the war, several monuments, including a former 17th–century Bernardine convent and the 17th–century Ekaterin Cathedral remain. The Academy of Sciences of the Byelorussia, the Byelorussian State University and Library are in the Minsk. |
4/12/2010
Press Release - Oswiecim AppealMayor Janusz Marszalek of Oswiecim, Poland, known throughout the world as the site of the infamous Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz, has called upon the world’s Head of States, in the name of the one and a half million victims who perished in the furnaces, to use the approaching
United Nations’ Review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in May to negotiate steps for a convention for the total abolition of nuclear weapons.
2/10/2010 / New York
Extraordinary IAPMC Executive Board Meeting, New York (April 29 - May 3, 2010)The 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review International Planning Committee, comprised of NGO’s from the United States, Europe and Asia is organizing a day and a half long international conference on Nuclear Abolition, Peace and Disarmament on May 1, 2010, the eve of the NPT Review Conference at the United Nations. The conference will be held in the Riverside Church in New York City and will include between 800 and 1,000 participants.
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