World Peace Council

The Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) marks Palestinian Land Day, March 30, remembering the general strike and the huge demonstrations of 1976 against the illegal confiscation of Palestinian lands by Israel, when Israeli troops murdered six young Palestinians in Galilee.

This date became a milestone in the patriotic unity of the Palestinian people in the struggle against Israel's illegal occupation of Palestinian territories and for the right to a free and independent Palestine.

Ilda Figueiredo and Julie Neves, from the CPPC's National Board, participated in the International Conference "From Aggression to New Just Order", between March 21 and 24, in Belgrade, which evoked the 25th. anniversary of NATO's aggression against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (then integrated by Serbia and Montenegro).

This March 8, the Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation salutes all women and expresses
solidarity with the struggle for their rights, particularly calling for participation in the national
demonstration that the Women's Democratic Movement will hold on March 23, in Lisbon, with the motto
“For the Equality to Which We Have the Right”.
The already long struggle for women's rights has always been linked to the struggle for peace, and its
contribution has been fundamental to swell the river of hope in the materialisation of rights for equality in

This year marks the 75th anniversary of NATO’s formation, and Western ruling circles and their military brass are planning a big celebration leading up to the NATO Summit in Washington DC this coming July. But peace and solidarity activists know that NATO’s existence is nothing to rejoice about, and here’s why.

Dr. Liz Payne

The expanded Secretariat Meeting of the World Peace Council was held in Belgrade, Serbia on the 21st of March, 2024. The event also marked the 25th anniversary of the bombing of Belgrade by NATO forces. Below you can find the communique of the meeting.

Communiqué of the Meeting of the Secretariat—Belgrade, Serbia, 21st March 2024

The Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) strongly condemns the massacre by the Israeli occupation forces that resulted in more than 100 dead and 700 injured Palestinians when trying to access food aid in the city of Gaza.

This cruel crime was committed in a situation in which Israel has been imposing, for five months now, an inhumane blockade on the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip, making it impossible to access water, food, medicines, electricity and fuel, among other essential goods.

The Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) salutes the Sahrawi people, as well as the Polisario Front, their legitimate representative, on the occasion of the 48th. anniversary of the proclamation of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), which took place on February 27, 1976, reaffirming support for the Sahrawi people's struggle to fulfil their right to self-determination.

The Swiss Peace Movement submitted the petition “No to nuclear war: ban nuclear weapons, now!” to the Swiss Federal Council. This was accompanied by a vigil to remind the government to finally support peace talks and a ceasefire in Ukraine. The peace activists were also calling for a greater commitment to peace in the Gaza war.

The Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) strongly repudiates the new veto of the United States of America on the proposed resolution presented by Algeria at the Security Council of the United Nations, on February 20, which called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.