People's Caravan for Food Sovereignty 2004, Nepal Press Statement By Organisers of People's Caravan Nepal 22th September, 2004 Denouncement of hated action on international delegates Press Statement, 28th September 2004 Khadya Samprabhutako Lagi Asiali Janamarch-2004 A Powerpoint Presentation in Nepali [Zipped file 357KB] Photo Album Featuring Nepali and Regional Caravan Organizers: All Nepal Peasants Association (ANPA) All Nepal Women Association (ANWA) South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE) Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN

For 30 days the Peoples Caravan for Food Sovereignty has been traveling to 13 countries across South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia and 3 countries in Europe. Involving grassroots movements of peasants, women, Dalits, indigenous people, fisher folks, agricultural workers, and supportive NGOs, the Caravan has been asserting peoples rights to food, land and productive resources. The four main demands of the Caravan include safe food which is ecologically produced, to return food and land rights to the people, to take global institutions like the World Trade Organization (WTO) out of agriculture and to leave the decision making to the food producers themselves.

The caravan will culminate in Nepal, with various events planned in the Western and Eastern parts, to converge in Kathmandu at the end of September. On 29th September the event: "Alternatives to Globalization, International Conference of Food Sovereignty" will be held at the National Academy Hall, in Kamaladi, Kathmandu city. The Prime Minister of Nepal, Mr. Sher Bahadur Deuba is scheduled to inaugurate the function. Different personalities and dignitaries both national and international will address the grand conference. On September 30th, delegates and participants will celebrate the final day of the Caravan with a rally, where thousands of people will march from Ratnapark in the heart of Kathmandu.

For more information contact:

Jennifer Mourin, PAN AP, (while in KTM) Room 563, Gangjong Hotel, Tel: 977-443 9888; Premkala Nembang, SAAPE. Tel: 4415 418(O), 4424281(R); Balaram Baskota, ANPA. Tel: 9841-243 060; and Sujita Sakya, ANWA. Tel: 425 8234 (O), 4783190(R)

Please also visit PAN AP website (www.panap.net/caravan) for more information.