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The International Vegetarian Union was founded in 1908 at the first World Vegetarian Congress in Dresden, Germany. The congress was organized after Albert Broadbent, secretary of the British Vegetarian Society, wrote to vegetarian societies worldwide inviting them to meet on the 18th of August 1908.
The 6th World Vegetarian Congress, held in London in 1926, voted unanimously to exclude any member society that allowed fish consumption. The congress also featured displays of boots, gloves, tennis rackets, and violin strings made without animal substances.
The 1975 World Vegetarian Congress in Orono, Maine, has been called the most significant event of the vegetarian movement in the United States in the twentieth century. It was directly linked to the 1974 founding of the North American Vegetarian Society.
The IVU is governed by an International Council of eight elected members, each serving four-year terms. Every council member must be vegetarian and must hold a current position within a member organization. The role of president was abolished in November 1999 and replaced by a Chairman of the International Council.
The 15th World Vegetarian Congress, held in India in 1957, has been described by historians as bringing together Hindu nationalism and internationalism. It was a notable convergence of political and ethical traditions within the global vegetarian movement.
Georges Danjou, vice-president of the French Vegetarian Society, proposed a new International Vegetarian Federation at a gathering held during the British Vegetarian Society's diamond jubilee in 1907. Albert Broadbent then organized the founding congress in Dresden the following year.