The
Swedish Global March observed the 7th
Anniversary of Global March on 17th
January 2005. In spite of Swedish cold
and windy weather an impressive number
of children, men and women gathered
in Örebro, the city remembered
as the Children’s rights city
in Sweden, since the successful EU-conference
on Children’s rights in 2001.
The children were carrying banners with
Global March and demanding respect for
Children’s rights. All were chanting
slogans as Go, Go Global March and Global
March for education.
The participants were holding torches
in their hands as a symbol of freedom
of children of the world. Before starting
the march, the participants hold 1 silent
minute for the Tsunami victims.
The march was led by the children of
Brunnsskolan in Örebro, which passed
through the inner city of Örebro
and finally reached Olof Palme’s
memorial place.
The Global March co-ordinator of Sweden,
Ehsan Ullah Khan, Kjell Sundqvist from
LO and Anders Enarsson from Teachers’
Union expressed their full solidarity
with the children’s rights, struggle
and they were also singing Global March
song to guitar played by Anders Enarsson.
The manifestation was arranged by Global
March Örebro, LO and Teachers’
Union. Later on Global March hold a
meeting at ABF Örebro’s office,
where certificates were given to Simon
Björk and Beata Falk for their
participation in Children’s World
Congress on Child Labour in Florence
2004 signed by Chairperson Kailash Satyarthi.
Simon Björk showed his slides from
the congress and told the audience about
his experience of the congress.
Mr Kjell Sundqvist told about the Bolivian
gold mine, which is built up in Örebro
and told that more than thousand people
have now visited the mine. He said that
he and his colleague Per-Olof Persson
maybe will go to Pakistan and try to
build up a mine or brick kiln from Pakistan
as their next project.
The participants also expressed their
will to hold the second Children’s
World Congress in Sweden.
Best wishes to all of you!
Ehsan Ullah Khan and Ann-Carin Sjöström
Global March Sweden
