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VOLGOGRAD , RUSSIA

 

Volgograd is a port on the VolgaRiver and is the eastern terminus of the Volga – DonCanal. From 1925 – 1961, the city was named Stalingrad. Founded in 1589 as a stronghold to defend Russia’s newly acquired land along the Volga, the city was originally called Tsaritsyn. In the 19th century, it became an important commercial centre. During the Russian civil war, the city was defended by Soviet forces under Stalin, Voroshilov, and Budenny. The city was virtually destroyed during World War II, in a battle that marked a turning point in the war and a landmark in military history. For more than six months beginning September 1942, German forces exceeding 500,000 men besieged the city. German forces were driven from the city on February 2, 1943, and the Soviets immediately began rebuilding the city.

 

4/12/2010

Press Release - Oswiecim Appeal
Mayor 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.
@ IAPMC 2005