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title: "World Vegetarian Congress 1963 - pre-congress notice - IVU - International Vegetarian Union"
description: "World Vegetarian Congress 1963 - pre-congress notice: Pre-Congress notice, from The British Vegetarian , Jan/Feb 1963: I.V.U. SPANISH CONGRESS The International Vegetarian Union's World Congress, at Barcelona, postponed in 1962 because of the smallpox outbreak, is now fixed for June 23rd-29th, 1963."
url: "https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4029:congress-wvc63-notice&catid=186"
date: "2026-11-06T00:05:36+00:00"
language: "en-GB"
---

#  World Vegetarian Congress 1963 - pre-congress notice

![World Vegetarian Congress 1963 - pre-congress notice](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/congress-wvc63-notice.png)Pre-Congress notice, from *The British Vegetarian*, Jan/Feb 1963:

**I.V.U. SPANISH CONGRESS**

The International Vegetarian Union's World Congress, at Barcelona, postponed in 1962 because of the smallpox outbreak, is now fixed for June 23rd-29th, 1963. The 23rd is a Sunday, and registration will open in the morning-foreign visitors are advised to arrive on the Saturday, June 22nd, and arrange to leave on the 30th, a Sunday.
 Dr. V. L. Ferrandiz and his colleagues in Spain, with the co-operation of the I.V.U. President, Woodland Kahler Marquis de St. Innocent, who now lives near Barcelona, have arranged a very interesting programme. Those who are attending more for a holiday than for the business sessions will find special arrangements for their entertainment.

The civic authorities, who are endeavouring to make Barcelona a centre for international congresses, are co-operating, and it is expected that we shall have the use of a splendid new pavilion equipped with the most modern simultaneous translation system.

Spain can be relied upon to provide perfect weather, and the occasion should be of enormous interest to all attending.

Delegates are asked to make their own travel arrangements. though Academy Travel Ltd. (see advertisement) may be organising a party or parties for British visitors.

Preliminary details and application forms may be obtained from: The International Vegetarian Union, Bank Square, Wilmslow, Cheshire.

A note on this archive. The history section of this website is drawn from a body of legacy content originally compiled by John Davis, former manager of the International Vegetarian Union. It represents his curation of historical material, and in places includes passages written by him directly.

Over the years, the IVU website has migrated between several different hosting servers. In the course of these migrations, a number of PDF files were unfortunately lost, and **some links to PDF documents may no longer function**. Where this is the case, we have chosen to leave the original link text in place, as it may itself carry information of historical value.

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