On this September 21st, International Day of Peace, the Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) calls for the commitment and mobilisation in defence of peace and of the principles laid down in the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic and in the United Nations Charter, such as:
The sovereignty and rights of the peoples;
The sovereign equality of States;
The peaceful and negotiated solution of international conflicts;
Not resorting to force or to the threat of using force in international relations;