Buddhist monks talk to peace campaigner Brian Haw as World March For Peace and Nonviolence reaches Parliament Square
The World March For Peace and Nonviolence is a movement that unites people around the world in their desire for a future in which violence gives way to dialogue. The March was initiated by the international Humanist Movement organisation 'World Without Wars' and it welcomes the participation of all around the world who share the same aspirations and sensibility and will be created and shaped by all who take part and the creativity they express. It started on the 140th anniversary of Ghandi's birth, October 2, New Zealand and includes events all around the world over 90 days until its conclusion at Punta de Vacas in the Andes Mountains in Argentina on January 2, 2010, where Silo (Mario Luis Rodríguez Cobos) the founder of the Humanist Movement launched a new campaign for global nuclear disarmament in September 2006. Alongside the many events in countries around the world, a base team of around a hundred people selected from volunteers around the world are traveling from New Zealand to Argentina via Japan, Korea, Moscow, Rome, New York, and Costa Rica, attending events organised along their route. On the weekend the march across London was taking place the base team was in Japan. Around 50 people took part in the London march, which was held over two days from 17-18 October. It started with a vigil close to the Northwood Permanent Joint Forces / NATO Headquarters in Middlesex on Saturday morning, with speeches by World March UK co-ordinator Jon Swinden, Sonia Azad of Children Against War and organiser Daniel Viesnik, who also read out a message of support from John McDonnell MP.
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Location: Parliament Square, Westminster, London, UK
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