By John Davis IVU Manager

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A history of theInternational Vegetarian Union

• By John Davis IVU Manager Historian

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• 1 1908 Dresden, GermanyVereinhaus,
  Zinzendorfstrasse 17Tuesday, August 18

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• 2 1909 Manchester, EnglandSaturday, October
  16thCentenary of the Bible Christian Church

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• 3 1910 Brussels, BelgiumJune 10-12

Vegetarian restaurant opened April 22
fed 700 people per day
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• 4 1913 - The Hague, The NetherlandsAugust
  25/26
• First IVU General Secretary and Treasurer
  appointed
• Mathilde Hompes, England, and Hugo Nolthenius,
  Holland
• 1916 Congress planned for Paris . . .

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• 5 1923 Stockholm, Sweden, May 19-21

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• 6 1926 London, EnglandMay 26-30

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• 7 - 1929 Steinschönau, Czechoslovakia
  (Kamenicky Senov) July 8-11

HansFeixGenSec
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• 8 - 1932 Berlin, Germany July 9-14

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• 9 - 1935 Denmark (was Zurich)July 28 Aug 2

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• 10 - 1938 Norway (was Bulgaria)July 10-17

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• 11 - 1947 Stonehouse, England July 29- Aug
  5all past IVU records lost
• 1949 1st American Vegetarian Convention

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• 12 - 1950 Oosterbeck, Netherlands, July 11 - 17
• 1952 International Vegetarian Youth Camp,
  Sussex, England

Full-time IVU GeneralSecretary financed by
Mrs. Gasque
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• 13 - 1953 Sigtuna, SwedenAugust 2 -8
• Jon Hanworth Walker, full-time General
  SecretaryMrs. Gasque now President

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• 14 - 1955 Paris, FranceJuly 31 Aug 6

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• 15 - 1957 Bombay, Delhi, Calcutta, Madras
  IndiaNovember 9 - 25

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• 16 - 1960 Hannover Aug 20-25 Hamburg Aug
  26-28, Germany

Geoffrey Rudd, General SecretaryRukmini Devi
Arundale, chair of Congress
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• 17 - 1963 Barcelona, Spain June 23 - 29

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• 18 - 1965 Derbyshire, England Aug 28 Sep 4

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• 19 - 1967 Delhi, Bombay, Madras, IndiaNov 18
  Dec 7

Indira Gandhi,Miss Margaret Patching, Brian
Gunn-King, General Secretary
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• 20 - 1969 Jerusalem, IsraelNovember 2 - 16
• cancelled, then on again, but very small.
• no photos, no reports

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• 21 - 1971 The Hague, The NetherlandsSeptember
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• 1972 Latin AmericaRegional Congress,Venezuela

Dr. Gordon LattoIVU President
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• 22 -1973 Ronneby Brunn, Sweden July 28 Aug
  4
• 1974 - 2nd Latin American Regional Congress,
  Colombia

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• 23 - 1975 Orono, Maine, USAAug 16 -28
• 1976 - 3rd LatinAmerican Regional Congress,
  Chile
• 1976 - North American Congress in Ithaca, NY

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• 24 - 1977 Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras,
  IndiaNov 18 Dec 10
• 1977 2nd North American Congress, California
• 1978 4th Latin American Congress, Mexico

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• 25 - 1979 Loughborough, EnglandAug 25 Sep
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• Maxwell LeeGeneral Secretary
• 1980 5th Latin AmericanCongress, Brazil. 1981
  Congress planned for Chile
• 1980 first meeting of European leaders in
  Luxembourg

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• 26 - 1982 Nue Ulm, GermanyJuly 22 Aug
  1

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• 27 - 1984 Baltimore, USA July 30 Aug 9
• 1985 1st European Regional Congress held in
  Cervia, Italy the beginning of EVU
• 1985 - 1st Australasian Congress held in Sydney

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• 28 - 1986 Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia Mar 25 Apr
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• 1987 2nd European Congress,Ostend, Belgium
• 1987 VUNA founded at a North American Congress
  inToronto

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• 1988 Guadalahara, Mexico, cancelled for
  administrative reasons.
• 1989 3rd European Congress, Strasbourg, France
• 1989 - VUNA Congress at Arcata, California, USA -
  organized and co-sponsored by the American Vegan
  Society

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• 29 - 1990 Tel Aviv, IsraelApril 17 - 24
• 1991 4th European Congress, Chester, England

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• 30 - 1993 Madras, India Januaryno pictures, no
  reports- planned for July 1992, Delhi, Madras,
  Bombay
• 1993 - VUNA Congress at Portland, Oregon, USA
• 1993 7th International Vegan Festival,
  Barcelona

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• 31 - 1994 The Hague, Netherlands Aug 6 - 13
• 1995 5th European Congress, Bratislava,
  Slovakia
• 1995 8th International Vegan Festival, San
  Diego, USA joint VUNA and American Vegan
  Society
• 1995 - IVU website started

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• 32 - 1996 Johnstown, PA, USA (was Sydney,
  Australia)July 29 Aug 4
• 1997 European Congress inBussolengo, Italy.
  EVU becameindependent.
• 1997 1st AsianRegional Congressin
  Mahabaleshwar, India

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• 3 - 1999 Chiang Mai, Thailand
  Jan 4 -10
  - planned for 1998
  
  Bangkok
• 1999 Asian Vegetarian Union founded
• 1999 - EVU Congress, Widnau, Switzerland
• 1999 New IVU Constitution

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• 34 - 2000 Toronto, Canada July 10 -16
• 2001 1st AVU Congress, Goa, India

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• 35 - 2002 Edinburgh, ScotlandJuly 8 - 14

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• 36 - 2004 Florianópolis, Brazil Nov 8 14 was
  Melbourne, then Singapore
• 2004 Unión Vegetariano Latino-Americano
  founded
• 2005 EVU 20th anniversaryCongress in Riccione,
  Italy

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• 37 - 2006 Goa, IndiaSep 10 - 16
• 2006 2nd AVU Congress in Bangkok, Thailand
• 2006 1st Latin American Congress, Sãu Paulo,
  Brazil
• 2007 International Vegan Festival, India
• 2007 3rd AVU Congress, Taiwan
• 2007 1st West African Congress, Nigeria

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• 38 - 2008 Dresden, GermanyJuly 27 Aug 3

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• 39 - 2010 Jakarta, Indonesia

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BOAT TRIP TO MEISSEN
16.80 euros for the boat do your own thing for
three hours in the 1,000 year old town of Meissen
Wednesday, July 30 depart 09.45 back in
Dresden at 18.00