"We are a small, compact city"

After the meeting, a statement was released in the names of Chris Gorman, Long Walk to Justice; Councillor Donald Anderson, leader of the City of Edinburgh Council and Assistant Chief Constable Ian Dickinson, Lothian and Borders Police.

30,000 mothers in Africa will cradle a dead child today.

We welcome people to Edinburgh to voice their opinion and put pressure on world leaders. Scotland's capital is proud to play its part in this defining moment in history.

We are working together to ensure that any large crowds are well organised and managed.

It is our over-riding aim to ensure that Edinburgh is a safe place for visitors as well as the people who live here.

We are a small compact city of 453,000 people - we cannot allow the prospect of as many as one million people turning up on our streets without due thought and thorough planning.

We urge everyone who wants to come to Edinburgh to think ahead and act sensibly.

Make sure you have somewhere to stay before you leave home. Make sure you take responsibility for yourself, your friends and do not allow any unaccompanied children to come up here.

The council and the Long Walk to Justice added: 'It's most important that everyone takes responsibility for the 50,000 individuals that will die today in Africa.