Mondpaca Esperantista Movado
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The Mondpaca Esperantista Movado (MEM) ("World Peace Esperantist Movement") was an Esperanto
association founded in 1953 in Austria
by Rudolf Burda. Its aim was “to use the Esperanto to serve the peace and the reciprocal understanding between the peoples”. Its official magazine was PACO
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From 1959 to 1963 the vicepresident of MEM was Eŭgeno Bokarev. In 1983, it began to collaborate with the UEA
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During the cold war
, MEM was able to make official activity by and for the Esperanto
in socialist countries, but had to commit with the local communist governments, and the Soviet standpoint
.
Esperanto
is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Its name derives from Doktoro Esperanto , the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof published the first book detailing Esperanto, the Unua Libro, in 1887...
association founded in 1953 in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
by Rudolf Burda. Its aim was “to use the Esperanto to serve the peace and the reciprocal understanding between the peoples”. Its official magazine was PACO
PACO (magazine)
-History:The Mondpaca Esperantista Movado , founded in 1953 in Austria, had great significance for the reorganizing of the Esperanto movement in European socialist countries. The movement published a montly journal called PACO. The magazine was published every month in a different country,...
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From 1959 to 1963 the vicepresident of MEM was Eŭgeno Bokarev. In 1983, it began to collaborate with the UEA
UEA
UEA may stand for:Universities:* University of East Africa, which in 1970 was split into University of Nairobi, Makerere University and University of Dar es Salaam*University of East Anglia, the university in Norwich, England...
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During the cold war
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
, MEM was able to make official activity by and for the Esperanto
Esperanto
is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Its name derives from Doktoro Esperanto , the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof published the first book detailing Esperanto, the Unua Libro, in 1887...
in socialist countries, but had to commit with the local communist governments, and the Soviet standpoint
Standpoint
Standpoint may refer to:*Standpoint , a monthly British cultural and political magazine*standpoint theory*standpoint feminism*BVI Standpoint, a newspaper published in the British Virgin Islands*Perspective , point of view...
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