In March, June and October 2022, thousands of people converged in defence of peace, in important public acts, parades and gatherings that took place throughout the country.

In 2023, we will take to the streets again because it is urgent:

To stop confrontation and war, whether in Palestine, Western Sahara, Syria, Yemen or Ukraine, with the tragic consequences and serious dangers they entail.

In a context in which we see an increasing urgent need for the adoption of positive measures and peaceful solutions to conflicts that will never be resolved through war, the Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation views with concern the Joint European Union-NATO
Declaration on Cooperation, adopted last January 10 th . This declaration not only does not respond to this urgent need, but is an exercise in hypocrisy, with a new and more serious threat to peace and security in Europe.

The Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) condemns and repudiates the fascist actions against democracy in Brazil, namely the attempted coups against Brazilian federal institutions that took place yesterday, January 8, a few days after the
new president Lula da Silva was sworn into office.

On International Migrants Day, which is celebrated annually on December 18, after being adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations, the Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) remembers all those who, pushed by wars, sanctions
and economic blockades imposed on their countries, are forced to leave their homes, their lands, their culture, in search of a better life.

The Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation expresses its concern over the illegal detention of diplomat Alex Saab, special envoy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, which has lasted more than two years.

On November 3, the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) adopted a resolution demanding the lifting of the blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States of America.
In this vote, 185 countries were in favour of the resolution demanding an end to this criminal and illegal economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on Cuba since 1962. Significantly, only the United States of America and Israel voted
against it, and Ukraine and Brazil abstained.

The Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) does not forget the courageous Palestinian people and their struggle to live in peace, free and independent, in a sovereign and viable State with borders prior to July 4, 1967, and capital in East Jerusalem.
The illegalities and crimes of the Israeli regime against the Palestinian people are numerous and of extreme gravity, but they continue with the connivance of those who, due to opportunism, effective complicity or, simply, bowed before the great protector of Zionism, the

The Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) salutes Brazilian democratic and progressive forces for the victory of Lula da Silva in the presidential elections on Sunday, October 30.

The UN Security Council adopted, on October 27, a Resolution - S/RES/2654 - which, among other recommendations, renews the mandate of MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) until October 31, 2023, and calls for
the direct involvement of the UN Secretary General in the necessary negotiations.

On the 26th of October, in Lisbon, and the 27th of October, in Porto, the CPPC held public actions in defense of Peace!
Hundreds of participants reaffirmed the urgency of replacing foreign interference, the arms race, the threat of the use of force and the use of force in international relations with diplomacy and respect for the principles of international law.

Speech of the CPPC