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Afgevaardigden naar Wereldvrede-Congres (Delegates to World Peace Congress)

Delegates to World Peace Congress

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Nieuwe Courant, 3 November 1950: conference of the Committee for World Peace in Yogyakarta, attended by branches and representatives of Kowani, Gerwis, Front Pemuda Indonesia, BTI, Sobsi, Pesindo and others. It endorsed the Prague appeal, proposals for the London congress (five-power peace, Dutch army withdrawal, no foreign interference in Irian and Maluku) and reported 180,000 signatures.

Nieuwe Courant, 3 November 1950: konferensi Komite Perdamaian Dunia di Yogyakarta yang dihadiri cabang-cabang dan perwakilan Kowani, Gerwis, Front Pemuda Indonesia, BTI, Sobsi, Pesindo dan lainnya. Mendukung seruan Praha, usul untuk kongres London (perdamaian lima kekuatan, penarikan tentara Belanda, tanpa campur tangan asing di Irian dan Maluku) dan melaporkan 180.000 tanda tangan.

“The conference was attended by ... representatives of the KOWANI, GERWIS, Front Pemuda Indonesia, BTI, SOBSI (p.?).”

Organisations

Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis)Indonesian Women's CongressIndonesian Youth FrontIndonesian Peasants' FrontAll-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationSocialist Youth of IndonesiaIndonesian Peace Committee

Places

YogyakartaJakartaSurabayaMadiunKediriSurakartaPurwokertoLondonPrague

Events

Founding of Gerwis

Topics

peace and anti-imperialismGerwiscongresses and meetingsWIDF and international women's movement

Tags

protest telegram campaignconference abroad

Details

Date
1950-11-03
Creator
Nieuwe Courant
Publication
Nieuwe Courant
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Dutch
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
Netherlands
Period
1950–1954
Source archive
Delpher (KB, Netherlands) · source link
Access
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File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)/Nieuwe Courant (1950-11-03) - Afgevaardigden naar Wereldvrede-Congres [Delpher MMNIOD04-000093877-a0069].txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.867) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)
Summary basis
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