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Vigil 1998 on the UN Financial Crisis: Local Vigils Information Page Locations and Contacts
Contacts:
James Paul
Global Policy Forum
Phone: (212) 557-3161
Fax: (212) 557-3165
Email: globalpolicy@
globalpolicy.org
William Pace
World Federalist Movement
Phone: (212) 599-1320
Fax: (212) 599-1332
Email: wfm@igc.apc.org
James Olson
United Nations Association
of United States of America
Phone: (212) 697-3232
Fax: (212) 682-9185
Email: unahq@unausa.org
"It is not at all an exaggeration to say that the health and fairness of UN financing depends more than anything else on the knowledge and vigilance of the citizens of the world organization."Erskine Childers (1929-1996)
Organizations sponsoring the Worldwide Vigil are:
Global Policy Forum, World Federalist Movement,
United Nations Association USA, World Federalist Association (USA),
Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO),
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and
Federation of International Civil Servants' Association (FICSA).
List of Vigils and Related Activities
43 Vigils posted as of October 20th(all vigils take place on October 23rd unless otherwise noted)
Australia
Canberra
Contact:
Adrian Kemp, UNA Australia
Phone: 02-6239-4095
Email:akemp63@hotmail.comKingston, Tasmania
Contact:
Mrs. Pym Trueman, UNAA- Tasmanian Division
Phone: 613-6229-4269
Email:Pym@tassie.net.au
Canada
Guelph, Ontario
Contact:
Elisabeth Snell
Email:esnell@uoguelph.ca
The vigil will take place on saturday morning, October 24, 1998 MontrealContact:
Christopher Held
Phone: (514) 697-3834Ottawa, Ontario
Contact:
Elliott Spagat
Phone: (613) 232-5751, x227
Fax: (613) 563-2455
Email:elliott@unac.orgToronto, Ontario
Contact:
Shirley Earlinger, UNA Toronto
Phone: 416-532-0220
Fax: 416-532-8009
Participants will gather at the Peace Garden at Toronto City Hall, October 23 at 6 PM for quiet reflection. There will be a flame from Hiroshima and water from Nagasaki in the Garden.
Vancouver, BC
Contact:
Joyce Lydiard, WILPF BC
Phone: 604-980-8306
Fax: 604-980-8306
Email: jlydiard@sfu.caVictoria, BC
Contact:
Mary June Pettyfer, World Federalists of Canada
Phone: 250-598-6222
Fax: 250-598-6222
Email: wfcvic@pinc.comThe vigil will take place at 1pm at the War Memorial (at the corner of Government and Belleville Streets, kitty corner to the Empress).
Speakers will be: Jim Macmillian-Murphy (Canadian Peacekeeping Veterans Association), Tim Buckland (UVic Model UN Club), Mary June Pettyfer (World Federalists of Canada)Winnipeg, Manitoba
Contact:
C. Muldrew
Phone: 204-756-3589
Fax: 204-756-3589
Email: cmuldrew@cancom.netYellowknife, NT
Contact:
Al-Nashir Jamal, UNA Canada Yellowknife Chapter
Fax: 867-873-8670
Email: a.jamal@nt.sympatico.caCuba
Havana
Contact:
Eduardo Delgado Bermudez, Asosiacion Cubana de Naciones Unidas
Phone: 537-32-4723
Fax: 537-32-0377
Email: acnu@minrex.gov.cu
Cyprus
Nicosia
Contact:
Marianna Trokkoudes, Secretary General UNA of Cyprus
Phone: 357 2 750598
Fax: 357 2 761560
Denmark
Copenhagen
Contact:
Michael Bjerrum
Phone: (45) 35 - 46-73-73
Fax: (45) 35 - 46-73-50
Email: fnforbundet@una.dk Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo
Contact:
Juan Carlos Sanchez Villa, Fundacion Federalista
Phone:(809) 687-6836
Fax:(809) 682-9927
Email: FFed@codemail.Attmail.comFrance
Lyon
Contact:
J.F. Billion, World Federalists of France
Email: fjb@club-internet.fr
Ghana
Accra
Contact:
Philip Attipoe Gorni, Early Childhood Educational Fund
Phone: 233-21-508257
Email: mattifam@albec.africaonline.com.ghIndia
Calcutta
Contact:
C.R. Dutta, President, Indian National Organisation of World Federalists Phone: 91-33 472-4718
Fax: 91-33 248-1620
There will be a gathering in front of the U.S. Consulate at 6:30 PM at which time a memorandum will be handed to the Consul-General. Following, there will be a candle-light vigil. A number of local NGOs will be involved in the event. Japan
Tokyo
Contact:
Hirotsugu Kijima, United World Federalists of Japan
Phone: (81-427) 993-499
Fax: (81-427) 993-499
A proposal will be submitted to the US ambassador to Japan prior to the vigil. The vigil will gather at 6:30 PM at Ark Hills Plaza and walk down to the US Embassy. Participants will hold luminous sticks. The vigil is organized in cooperation with the UN Student Association of Japan.
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Contact:
Ahmad Faiz Abdul Rahman, International Movement For A Just World
Phone: 603 758 3641
Fax: 603 758 3735
Email: muza@po.jaring.myNetherlands The Hague
Contact: Peter Davidse, Wereld Federalisten Bewging Nederland
Phone: (31-70) 347-8196
Fax: (31-70) 382-5254
Email: wfbn@antenna.nlNigeria Lagos
Contact: Oluwole D.Oshota
Fax: 234-1-2691746
Norway Oslo
Contact: Roy Breivik
Phone/Fax: (47-22)28 91 51
a letter will be given to the AmbassadorSweden Stockholm
Contact: Jan Lonn, ISMUN
Phone/Fax: (46-8) 87-72-46
Email: jlonn@nywork2.undp.orgSwitzerland
Geneva
Contact:
Felicity Hill, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Phone: 41-22-733-61-75
Fax: 41-22-740-10-63
Email: womensleague@gn.apc.orgSurinam
Paramaribo
Contact:
Irma Tobing-Klein
Phone: 597-401314
Fax: 597-400150
Email: tobing@sr.net
A special meeting hosted by the UNA Suriname will take place at Center BBGO,
from 6:30-9:30 pm, including speches and a video presentationUnited Kingdom
St. Martin, Guernsey
Contact:
Ken Finch, Guernsey Rights
Phone: 01 48 137 332
Fax: 01 48 136 764
Email: guernseyjustice@msn.comLondon
Contact:
Daniel Wheatley, One World Trust
Phone: 0044-124-219-3825
Fax: 0044-171-925-0620
Email: owt@pgwg.clemon.co.ukThe vigil will be held by candlelight outside of the American Embassy in London and letters to the ambassador will be handed in. Possible speeches from prominent activists and receptive Members of Parliament. United States
Akron, Ohio
Contact:
Betty Taylor
Phone:(330) 434-1276
Email: htaylor@uakron.eduAlbany, New York
Contact:
Dennis Karius, WFA
Phone: 518-456-5721
Fax: 518-464-0638
Email: wfa@csi2.comAmherst, Massachusetts
Contact:
Jolayne Hinkel, Amherst Partners for Global Change
Phone: 413-549-6774
Email: jhinkel@javanet.comAtlanta, Georgia
Contact:
Swati Raut
Phone: 770-814-0152
Email: swati_raut@hotmail.com
The vigil will take place at Georgia Tech at 6:15 pm near Students CenterBoston, Massachusetts
Contact:
Jock Forbes, WFA New England Region
Phone: 617-576-3871
Email: wfane@aol.com
The vigil will take place at Boston Common, near Park St. subway stop, 8:15- 9:30 am
Partners helping to organize the vigil are:
Mobilization For Survival, WILPF, Peace Action, Coalition for a strong UNChicago, Illinois
Contact:
Deonne McCormick, WFA
Phone: 708-748-0873
Fax: 312-433-7935
Kansas City, Missouri
Contact:
Royceann Mather, UNA-USA Kansas City Chapter
Phone: ?
Email: royceann@sprintmail.com
The vigil will take place at 7:00 PM at the UNA Peace Plaza, Walnut and Lexington Streets (across from RLDS Auditorium, Independence, MO
Long Beach, California
Contact:
Sister Diane Tillman
Phone: (562) 430-4711
Fax: (Christine Kally) (562) 434-0220
Email:(Mary Ann Coleman) anncoleman@cfulb.edu
Lincoln, Nebraska
Contact:
Marg Manglitz / A. Arngeruk
Phone: 402-434-8831
Email: 00227253@bigred.unl.eduNew York City, New York
Contact:
James A. Paul, Global Policy Forum
Phone: 212-557-3161
Fax: 212-557-3165
Email: globalpolicy@globalpolicy.orgThe vigil will take place at 6:15 pm across the street from the United Nations at Ralph Bunche Park, 1st Avenue between 42nd and 43rd Streeets. There will be speeches and music, featuring ancient ceremonial instruments. Participants will hold candles and wear blue ribbons. A reception will follow at 777 UN Plaza.
Providence, Rhode Island
Contact:
Elisabeth Sullivan
Phone:(401) 863-5264
Email: Elisabeth_Sullivan@brown.eduSan Francisco, California
Contact:
Fred Dupperault
Action Coalition of Global Change, WFA Northern California
Phone/ Fax: (650) 691-1215The vigil will take place at Union Square (Powell and Geary), at 4:30 pm
Sponsors are:
Action Coalition for Global Change (ACGC), Association of World Citizens (AWC), Federation of International Civil Servants (FICS), Global Policy Forum (GPF), Pathway to Peace, Ressource Center for the United Nations, United Nations Association (UNA), Unity Foundation, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), World Federalist Association (WFA)Salt Lake City, Utah
Contact:
Andy Schoenberg, WFA-Salt Lake City Partners Group
Phone: 801-583-3193
Email: schoenberg@med.utah.eduTucson, Arizona
Contact:
Pat Birnie, WILPF Program Committee
Phone: 520-908-9273
Fax: 520-908-9273
Email: birnie@gci-net.comWalla Walla, Washington
Contact:
Deborah Winter
Email:winter@wpoffice.whitman.eduWashington, D.C.
Contact:
Sharon McHale, UNA National Capital Area Chapter
Phone: 202-785-2640
Fax: 202-785-1940
Email: UNVigil@aol.comThe vigil will take place from 5:30-6:30 pm at Lafayette Park (across from the White House)
Speakers: Michael Douglas (UN Messenger for Peace), Tim Wirth (President of the UN Foundation, Former US Senator), Jim Moody (President, InterAction, Former US Congressman), Alvin Adams (President of the United Nations Association, USA)After the vigil, everybody is invited to the Young Professionals Happy Hour, from 6:30-8 pm, at the Hotel Washington Lobby bar (at the corner of 15th and F Street)
Sponsoring Organizations are: United Nations Associations of the National Capital Area (UNA-NCA), World Federalist Association (WFA), Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Friend Commitee on National Legislation (FCNL), InterAction (American Council for Voluntary International Action)
See information on the 1997 and1996 vigil events
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