---
title: "wvc79 - IVU - International Vegetarian Union"
description: "The IVU is a growing global network of independent organizations which are promoting vegetarianism worldwide."
url: "https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=category&id=195"
date: "2026-11-06T00:07:44+00:00"
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wvc79

 [ ![From Alive (VSUK magazine) - quarter page ads from several issues](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc79/advert1.jpg) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4181:congress-wvc79-adverts&catid=195)

## [From Alive (VSUK magazine) - quarter page ads from several issues](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4181:congress-wvc79-adverts&catid=195)

The back cover of the May/June 1979 issue of Alive: A note on this archive. The history section of this website is drawn from a b…

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 [ ![World Vegetarian Congress 1979 - Agenda of the General Meeting](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/congress-wvc79-agenda.png) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4182:congress-wvc79-agenda&catid=195)

## [World Vegetarian Congress 1979 - Agenda of the General Meeting](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4182:congress-wvc79-agenda&catid=195)

25th WORLD VEGETARIAN CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL VEGETARIAN UNION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUGHBOROUGH, LEICESTERSHIRE, U.K. FROM…

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 [ ![World Vegetarian Congress 1979 - cover of VSUK magazine](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc79/cover.jpg) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4183:congress-wvc79-cover&catid=195)

## [World Vegetarian Congress 1979 - cover of VSUK magazine](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4183:congress-wvc79-cover&catid=195)

\[note from page 3\] The I.V.U. symbol used for the cover design was drawn by Thomas Pitfield. \[as far as we know this was the only…

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 [ ![World Vegetarian Congress 1979 - Hon.General Secretary's Report](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/congress-wvc79-gensec.png) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4184:congress-wvc79-gensec&catid=195)

## [World Vegetarian Congress 1979 - Hon.General Secretary's Report](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4184:congress-wvc79-gensec&catid=195)

Hon.General Secretary's Report My wife and I and a few other foreign representatives were lucky enough to reach New Delhi in time…

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 [ ![25th World Vegetarian Congress 1979](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/congress-wvc79-index.png) ](https://ivu.org/hv-congress-main-congress-wvc79-index.html)

## [25th World Vegetarian Congress 1979](https://ivu.org/hv-congress-main-congress-wvc79-index.html)

A note on this archive. The history section of this website is drawn from a body of legacy content originally compiled by John Da…

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 [ ![World Vegetarian Congress 1979 - List of Members](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/congress-wvc79-members.png) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4186:congress-wvc79-members&catid=195)

## [World Vegetarian Congress 1979 - List of Members](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4186:congress-wvc79-members&catid=195)

INTERNATIONAL VEGETARIAN UNION (H.Q.) ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS PAID TO I.V.U. (H.Q.) FROM 1977 - 1979 (incl.)

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