June 24th - 27th 2006:

XIX General Assembly in Vancouver, Canada

The 19th General Assembly of the International Association of Peace Messenger Cities was hosted by the City of Vancouver, Canada on June 24th-27th, 2006.

The General Assembly took place in conjunction with the World Peace Forum, also sponsored by the City of Vancouver.

The seessions (some of them in conjunction with delegates from the "Mayors for Peace" movement) were chaired by Alfred L. Marder, (New Haven, USA), president of the IAPMC, co-chaired by George Chow (councillor and Deputy Mayor of Vancouver), the minutes were taken by Secretary General of the IAPMC, Brian Fitch (Brighton & Hove, UK). During the General Assembly, two new member cities were accepted: Freetown (Sierra Leone) and Jeju (South Korea). We proudly welcome our new members.

The theme of the World Peace Forum is "Cities and Communities: Working Together to End War and Build a Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World".

You can find more about the World Peace Forum on www.worldpeaceforum.ca!
You can find the programme of the General Assembly in Vancouver in this document.

Read also:

Opening remarks by the president of IAPMC, Mr. Alfred L. Marder
Remarks by the mayor of our new member, Freetown (Sierra Leone)
Vancouver Appeal (20 KB)


   

   

   

   

   

   


9/24/2008

THE 2008 GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN SOCHI (UPDATED)

The General Assembly of the IAPMC will be held in the olympic city of Sochi, Russian Federation, from November 12-16, 2008.
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’.
@ IAPMC 2005