WM representatives meet with the United Nations Office of Disarmament

World March organisers Dennis Redmond (USA), Nicole Myers (USA), Mayra Gomez (Bolivia/Aotearoa New Zealand) and Alyn Ware (Aotearoa New Zealand) met recently with Sergio Duarte, the United Nations High Representative on Disarmament, and with officials in the United Nations Office of Disarmament. The meetings were to build a collaborative relationship between the March and the United Nations and to plan the visit of the March to the UN on November 30 or December 1.

The World March team commended the United Nations for its leadership on peace and disarmament - in particular the UN Secretary-General's five point plan for nuclear disarmament which was released on UN Day 2008. The team also met with other UN officials and ambassadors including Helen Clark (Head of the United Nations Development Program) and Hardeep Singh Puri, Ambassador of India to the UN.