In this Bulletin we will deal with the activities carried out in the Mediterranean Sea of Peace initiative, from its beginning to its arrival in Barcelona where a meeting took place on the Peace Boat of the Hibakushas, Japanese survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombs, the Peace Boat in Barcelona.
The 27 of October of 2019 from Genoa starts "Mediterranean Sea of Peace", the maritime route of the 2 World March for Peace and Nonviolence.
As part of the routes of the March, which began on five continents, from the capital of Liguria begins the journey of the ship "Mediterranean Peace", sponsored by the International Committee of the March, in collaboration with: Fundación Exodus of gift Antonio Mazzi who has made available one of the two sailboats of the Community of the Island of Elba, the association for the promotion of the marine culture La Nave di Carta della Spezia and the Italian Union of Vela Solidaria (Uvs).
On October 27 from 2019, at 18: 00, the Bamboo releases ties and starts the established route. The "Mediterranean Sea of Peace" initiative deploys candles and leaves Genoa.
We begin our journey in Genoa to remember that in the ports that want to close immigrants and refugees, ships loaded with weapons of war are welcomed.
We are at the height of the Perquerolles and on the horizon, a turret. It must be one of the French nuclear submarines of the Toulon marine base.
On October 30, in advance, the Bamboo docked in Marseille, in the Société Nautique de Marseille, an important place in the city's nautical history.
In the afternoon, we get on the ferry from Marseille to l'Estaque. In the Thalassantè, we have dinner, talk and sing together to sing for peace.
In Barcelona, in the Oneocean Pot Vell port, the Bamboo with its flag of peace shows that we want ports full of ships that welcome and not ships that exclude.
We talked about what is happening in the city and we received Nariko Sakashita, a Hibakusha, a survivor of the Hiroshima nuclear bomb.
On 5, in Barcelona we were at the Peace Boat, a cruise operated by the Japanese NGO of the same name, which 35 has been working to spread the culture of peace for years.
Within the framework of the 2 World March, with the participation of the "Mediterranean Sea of Peace", the March was presented in the Peace Boat.
Walking for peace on the ship is very different from walking on a path. Through the bad weather we will pass east of Sardinia.
30 miles from the coast, the Bamboo enters silently. We know the bad weather. Finally, on 8 day they call from the sailboat, tired but cheerful.
ICAN organizations meet at the Peace Boat in Barcelona.