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CONSEJO XII - Mariana U.

Consejo Omega - Council Omega

Zurich & Bern: Different Rallies
The Humanists participated on several manifestations: October 5th: against the role of the Swiss Banks in the crash of Swissair and the dismissal of thousands of employees. October 13th and December 7th: rallies against the war in Afghanistan. October 19th: In the frame of the campaign of the Humanist International "For a World without War and Violence", a peace rally with 50 participants took place to the British consulate in Zurich. We distributed various instruments and at 12:00 AM the demonstrators made one "minute of noise". The declaration was read, followed by the reading of the protest letter to the government of the UK. Finally, all the documents were handed over to the British consul. The declaration and protest letters were sent to 19 embassies and 30 mass media, and another letter to the Swiss federal council. During November, we held for 4 weeks a daily "Memorial Watch" in a central place of Zurich. During one hour every evening we were collecting signatures for the declaration of the Humanist International "For a World without war and violence", using candles and a banner on which it was written "Against War and Violence". On November 24th, we participated on a rally for the so-called "paperless" people, which are foreigners living in Switzerland without legal papers. With this activity we expressed our solidarity with the foreigners and refugees, supporting their demand of a collective legalisation. (Tom, tom@humanisten.ch). Center of Cultures: Organisation of an interchange with people from Afghanistan who spoke about the situation of their country. There were 20 participants, and the evening was concluded with a typical meal from Afghanistan. (Selvete, sthaqi@datacomm.ch).