Networking Session leading to the Opening Ceremonies of the World Peace Forum 2006 was held at the Vancouver Public Library for delegates to the World Peace Forum 2006, friends and allies of Africa from all walks of life and Africans in the Diaspora.

We acknowledge the role of the labour movement in Canada and throughout many countries of the world in successfully helping to mobilize so many participants in demonstrations prior to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, such as the 250,000 who were on the streets of Montréal,

The Working Group for Government Initiatives, under the banner of the Global Alliance for Ministries and Departments of Peace (MfP/DoPs) http://www.globalallianceforministriesanddepartmentsofpeace.org/, presented a International Panel of Parliamentarians