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Canadian Peace Congress - Report Back From Caracas

4/15/2008 4:29:34 PM - Canadian Peace Congress

Canadian Peace Congress

Box 168 Slocan BC
V0G 2C0
Phone/fax: 1 250 355 2669
Tuesday April 15, 2008
The six member Canadian Peace Congress (CPCon) delegation to the 17th World Assembly of the World Peace Council (WPC) convened in the World Capital of Peace and Anti-imperialist Struggle Caracas Venezuela April 9-10th 2008 has returned to Canada. The event was hosted by the Venezuelan affiliate of WPC, Comite de Solidaridad Internacional (COSI) with the full endorsement and support of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
The Canadian delegates joined with 265 delegates and 285 participants from 124 Organizations from 76 countries in an inspiring WPC plenary discussion, culminating in the adoption of the Final Declaration.
The Canadian delegation presented a statement in the Plenary Session of the Assembly, actively participated in the Regional Commission of the Americas and was honoured to chair Panel 3 of the World Peace Conference April 11th and 12th on the theme, Defending Peoples Rights (labour, education, civil liberties and democratic freedoms, social rights).
Canadian delegates participated in a tri-lateral meeting of WPC members from North America MOMPADE (Mexico), the USA Peace Council and the Canadian Peace Congress where the Canadian delegation accepted the proposal to host a tri-lateral meeting in Canada in the autumn of 2009. The meeting will be organized with the active participation of the WPC Regional Coordinator for the Americas, MOVPAZ of Cuba.
Attached to this email are the Final Declaration of the WPC Assembly and the list of the newly elected leadership of the WPC. The Canadian Peace Congress was elected to the 40 member Executive Committee of the WPC.
The CPCon intervention in the plenary session, its proposal on a tri-lateral meeting tabled at the Regional Commission of the Americas and the paper presented to the World Peace Conference will be forwarded shortly. A full report of the Canadian delegation with sub-reports from each delegate will be forwarded to the Interim Executive, Peace Councils, CPCon members and supporters and friendly organizations as soon as they can be prepared.
All materials of the WPC Assembly and Conference will be posted to the Canadian Peace Congress website, www.canadianpeacecongress.ca are received.
The Canadian delegation wishes to thank CPCon Councils, organizations and supporters who contributed monetarily, in the preparation of materials and in promoting the aims and purposes of CPCon and the WPC Assembly and Conference.
The Congress delegation members had fruitful discussions with many WPC affiliates, delegations, members and personalities and received many requests for CPCon documents and publications. The CPCon website, Canadian participation in the WPC publication Peace Messenger was frequently commented upon. Many WPC delegates could be seen wearing the lapel pin of the Regina Peace Council that was widely distributed by Regina Peace Council (RPC) delegation members. CPCon delegates took many photos of WPC delegations, personalities and events that will be posted to the Congress website.
The RPC, the Saskatchewan affiliate of CPCon made a moving presentation to outgoing WPC President, Orlando Fundora Lopez on the Plaza of the Teresa Carreno theatre. Fundora who was a frequent visitor to Canada, participated in the World Peace Forum in Vancouver BC June 2006, and actively encouraged and supported the re-invigorating of the Canadian Peace Congress. Fundora was elected by the Assembly to the post of Honourary President of WPC. President Fundora made a point of extending his warm fraternal greetings to CPCon Honorary Chair, Dr. John Hanly Morgan.
The CPCon delegation is preparing a full report, supplemented by individual delegate sub-reports, to advise all Councils and supporters of the full scope of its work. The report will recommend the earliest possible convening of a Canadian Peace Congress Extraordinary Conference to adopt a program, new constitution, elect a new executive with a plan of work to ensure the successful organization of the tri-lateral meeting of North America WPC affiliates in the autumn of 2009.
CPCon delegates will be reporting to their respective organizations and will make every effort to undertake report back tours of their local regions as soon as practical.
In Peace and Solidarity
Don Currie, Canadian Peace Congress.