On August 2006 the first peace march group in Germany walked 1006km by using the name of walking for the peace of the world and Burma from Cologne to Berlin. It took 29 days. The motto is.. Peace inside is peace outside!

      More info www.frieden-lauf.de

On January-February 2007 the second peace march group walked in Thailand from Bangkok to Mae Sot around 800km.The last days mostly were arrested forcefully by Thai Army which followed the pressure of Burmese Army. We wanted to celebrate 45 years of military regime in Burma but we got promise of Thai Authorities to come again if civil government elected then they will cooperate with us. The motto…Breaking the wall!

Please contact for more details or programmes
Germany Tel: 0049 221 4534287 E-mail: peacewalk2007 (at) gmail.com
USA    Tel: 001 215 906 8182  +1 215 605 5666 E-Mail: mcgill6 (at) aol.com

Programs:

30-05-2007 Wednesday 9AM
1. Start by praying in front of United Nations Head Quarter in New York
  (All religious leaders are welcome to join with us)

19-06-2007 Tuesday 11 AM
2. End by meditating and praying for the world peace in front of Burmese Embassy and White House in Washington DC.

 

The brief situations in Burma

1.Overthrow of Democratically-Elected Government: A military regime overthrew the democratically-elected government in 1962. In 1990, the military regime permitted elections to take place. The result: the National League for Democracy (NLD) became the democratically elected government of Burma, winning more than 80 percent of the seats in Parliament. The NLD was never permitted to take power and NLD members have since been harassed, jailed, and murdered. NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi has remained under house arrest in Burma since 1990 with only intermittent periods of release.

2.Conflict Between Central Governments and Ethnic Factions: Serious, protracted fighting between the SPDC and various ethnic groups seeking autonomy and freedom from oppression has been consistent and ongoing, even in areas where non-binding ceasefire agreements have been made.

3.Widespread Internal Humanitarian/Human Rights Violations: The SPDC has committed grave, systematic, and widespread human rights abuses against the people in Burma, including violations similar to but even worse than in other cases previously considered by the Security Council. Some violations that are unique to Burma, or particularly pervasive, include the destruction of more than 2,700 villages since 1996, massive forced relocations, rape of ethnic minorities by SPDC soldiers, and widespread forced labor. As many as 70,000 children have been forced to become soldiers by the regime—more than in any other country in the world. Additional violations include the denial of political rights and free speech, harassment of political activists, torture, and murder.

4. Outflow of Refugees: Almost 700,000 refugees have poured out of Burma in recent years as a result of the grave conditions created by the Government of Burma. The government is responsible for a decline in the economic situation so alarming that Burma is now one of the poorest countries in the world, providing its people little or no access to health care or education.

5.Drug Production and Trafficking: Burma is one of the world’s leading producers of heroin and amphetamine-type stimulants. The trafficking and use of these drugs are of enormous concern to the international community and to the region particularly.

Note from Vacláv Havel and Desmond Tutu ’s report to the UN security council