Winter to Spring Global Voyages
Update from the ship
Peace Boat's 39th voyage left Tokyo on Sep 1st 2002 and will return to Japan on December 9, 2002. We bring you here some of the highlights of life at sea and on land segment by segment.
Dec 05 2002/Updated
Free Trade Area of the Americas Forum - Oct 23 to 28
Hernan Cortez, representative of the "Proceso de Comunidades Negras"
　The second forum concerning Latin American issues to be held on the 39th cruise took place between Cartagena and Callao, and involved leaders of various social movements in Panama, Ecuador and Colombia. The eleven representatives of ethnic minorities, farmers organisations and environmental groups introduced their activities before discussing the effects of globalisation on local cultures, habitats and economies and the implications of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). One result of the forum was the decision to set up a new group uniting people from different social movements and regions to resist the FTAA, which they feel represents an extractive, non-sustainable method of exploitation benefiting only the USA and multi-national companies. Furthermore, the agreement threatens the resource-rich land that Latin American peoples fought to reclaim from colonialists, land that is closely connected to their lifestyle and livelihoods, without which they fear the loss of their culture and eventual disappearance of already beleaguered minority populations. Members of the forum drew up a communique stating their unequivocal rejection of the FTAA in its present form, and lodging a protest against governmental decisions that give precedence to economic interests over the long-term needs of the people. After disembarking, a delegation went to Ecuador, where a Ministerial Meeting on the FTAA is currently underway, to present the statement to the alternative forums taking place concurrently in Quito.
What's New?
*Ocr 22
--Colombian Women's Forum
*Oct 23
--Port of Call - Cartagena de Indias - Colombia
*Oct 24
--Panama Canal
*Oct 25
--Nationalism, Japanese Identity, Ethnic conflict - Eiji Oguma
--Immigration, Tradition and Conflict in Peru - Juan Tokeshi
*Oct 26
--International Student Program - Pilar Chavez - Colombia
--What is the US up to in the world today? - Charles Overby
--Peace Appeal
--Creating a Town From Slums - Villa el Salvador - Juan Tokeshi
*Oct 27
--Global University Unit Report - Migration
--Global University Unit Two Report -Development and NGO's
*Oct 28
--Free Trade Area of the Americas Forum
--Article 9: Humanity's Hope - Charles Overby
Back Number
*Sep 1
--Departure!
*Sep 3
--Lecture - Live, Study and Play around the World - Peace Boat Staff
*Sep 4
--Lecture - Cultural Exchange, Japan and the Philippines - Rey Ventura
*Sep 5
--Lecture - The Philippines, Music, History and More! - Rey Ventura and Kazuma Momoi
*Sep 7
--Port of Call - Manila
*Sep 9
--Lecture - Who are the International Students?
*Sep 10
--Special Event - September 11th Memorial
*Sep 11
--Port of Call - Singapore
*Sep 12
--Profile - Global English Training (GET) Program
--Kanae Doi - Afghan refugees
--Kazuo Goto - on U.S. Justice
*Sep 14
--Ved Bhasin - The Kashmir Conflict
*Sep 16
--Press conference - Cochin, India
*Sep 17
--Port of Call-Cochin
*Sep 19
--International Student Program - Saptarshi and Zainab
*Sep 21
--Summer Festival
*Sep 22
--Kazuo Goto - What does Patriotism mean to you?
*Sep 23
--Port of Call - Massawa
*Sep 25
--Languages Onboard
*Sep 26
--Emin, Jasmina and Zainab - A look at three Islamic societies
--International Student Presentation - Walid and Uri
*Sep 28
--Port of Call - Suez Said
*Oct 2
--Port of Call - Istanbul
*Oct 3
--Jasna Bastic - War in Former Yugoslavia, Propaganda and the Media
*Oct 7
--Port of Call - Marseilles
*Oct 8
--Goran Vezic - Freedom of Speech Radio Boat
--Passage through the Mediterranean
*Oct 9
--Amit Mashiah - A History of Peace in the Middle East
*Oct 10
--Dancing onboard
--Cafe Clandestino
--GET Program - Language Olympics
*Oct 11
--Port of Call - Las Palmas
*Oct 13
--Otomatsuri
*Oct 15
--Ryuhei Kobayashi - The Galapagos Islands
--Approaching Latin America
--Pilar Chavez - Mangroves, shrimp and economic independence
*Oct 16
--Ryuhei Kobayashi and Takayoshi Fukuyo - From Che Guevara to the Cuban Model
*Oct 17
--Sports Day
--Arts and Crafts Exhibition
*Oct 19
--Salsa Night
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