The Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) vehemently repudiates Israel's bombings against Lebanon, which in just a few hours killed hundreds of people, injured thousands and forced many more to abandon their homes. The bombings, intensified from Monday, September 23, follow the unspeakable attack involving electronic devices (such as pagers or walkie-talkies), which left a trail of death and mutilation in the country.

Marking the International Day of Peace, established by the UN, which is celebrated every year on September 21st, the Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) highlights the dangers of war that mark today's world and calls for the reinforcement of mobilization in defense of peace, disarmament, respect for peoples’ rights.

The Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) salutes the approval by the UN General Assembly of the resolution presented by Palestine, which demands an end to Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories.

79 years ago, on August 6 and 9, 1945, the United States of America (USA) dropped two atomic bombs on the populations of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, causing the immediate death of many tens of thousands of people and many more in the days, months and years that followed. The effects of the radiation are still felt today, as evidenced by the high rates of malformations and cancer diseases that continue to be recorded there.

Fifty years ago, on July 20, 1974, Turkish military forces invaded Cyprus, following the coup d'état that had taken place there a few days earlier, with NATO's involvement. Since then, Türkiye has illegally occupied Cypriot territories.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Summit taking place in Washington on July 9 and 10, marking the 75th. anniversary of the creation of this political-military bloc, is bad news for the safeguarding of peace and collective security, and for the rights and sovereignty of the world's peoples, given its stated or reaffirmed warmongering aims.

The Handala, which is part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition fleet, docked on Wednesday July 3, shortly after 2pm at Lisbon's Parque das Nações Marina on a leg of its "For the children of Gaza" mission. Representatives from the four organisations (CPPC, MPPM, CGTP-IN and Projecto Ruído) that host the Handala in Portugal were on board to meet the crew.

Audience in the Assembly of the Republic

The Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) reaffirms its long-standing demand that the United States remove Cuba from its arbitrary and illegitimate list of so-called "state sponsors of terrorism". Cuba's inclusion in this infamous list has serious consequences for the country's economy, in practice reinforcing the criminal and illegal economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the US for more than 60 years, which represents the most serious obstacle to Cuba's full development.

The Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) strongly condemns the atrocious bombing against a Palestinian refugee camp in the northwest of Rafah, which Israel carried out early this morning and which caused at least 50 deaths, many of them children.

The Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) values the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) this Friday, May 24, to order the immediate interruption of Israel's military offensive – which began on May 7 – against the Palestinian city of Rafah.

The ICJ also decided that Israel should keep the Rafah crossing open for the unhindered provision at scale of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance.