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WROCLAW, POLANDWroclaw, on the Oder River, is a railway centre and a river port. Wroclaw was probably a Slavic settlement when it was made an Episcopal see subordinate to the archbishop of gnienzo around 100. It became the capital of the duchy of Slesia in 1163. Sacked by the Mongols in 1241, the city was rebuilt by German settlers and developed as a trade centre. Wroclaw was badly damaged during a Soviet siege in World War II. After 1945, the German inhabitants were expelled and replaced by the Poles. Historic buildings include a 13th century cathedral, several Gothic churches, and a Gothic town hall that houses a historical museum. A University was founded there in 1811. |
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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