This is the Inevitable Result of 75 Years of Illegal Occupation
and Brutal Violation of Palestinians’ Human Rights

The World Peace Council expresses its deep concern about the circle of bloodshed in Palestine and Israel which has led already to the loss of lives of hundreds of civilians on both sides along with thousands of injuries.

Today, September 26th, marks the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.

In the text of Resolution No. 68/32 of the United Nations General Assembly, it can be read: “Declares 26 September the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons devoted to furthering this objective, including through enhancing public awareness and education about the threat posed to humanity by nuclear weapons and the necessity for their total elimination in order to mobilize international efforts towards achieving the common goal of a nuclear-weapon free world”.

MEMORIAM

DR. SALVADOR ALLENDE GOSSENS

DOCTOR CARLOS RAZO HORTA

As a follow-up to the resolutions of the Assembly of the World Peace Council (WPC), held in Vietnam in November 2022, September 19-20 of this year, the Regional Meeting for the Americas and the Caribbean of the World Peace Council was held in Pachuca Hidalgo, Mexico, convened by the Mexican Movement for Peace and Development (MOMPADE), the host organization, and by the Cuban Institute of Friendship with Peoples (ICAP), as regional coordinator.

On the occasion of the 50th. anniversary of the fascist military coup against the legitimate government of Chile led by President Salvador Allende, the Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) salutes the Chilean people who fought and resisted fascism,

On September 11, 1973, a violent and bloody coup d'état overthrew the Popular Unity government democratically elected by the Chilean people, putting an end to three years of deepening democracy, the rights of the Chilean people, and Chile's sovereignty.

The World Peace Council (WPC) strongly conmdens the recent arrest of
the leader of the Anti-fascist Committee of Ukraine, member of the WPC,
Georgi Buiko. This action of the authorities of the NATO backed
Kiev-regime is one more violation of every sense of democratic right of
political expression against an activist who is also member of the
leadership of the Communist Party of Ukraine and former MP.
The “witch hunting” against anybody who did not accept and agree with

Communiqué of the Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting of the WPC
Kathmandu, 26th July, 2023

1. The Asian Pacific consultative meeting of the World Peace Council was held in Kathmandu, Nepal on 26th July, hosted by the Nepal Peace and Solidarity Council (NPSC). Delegations from Bangladesh, DPR of Korea, India, Laos, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam attended this meeting, along with Pallab Sengupta, President and Iraklis Tsavdaridis, Executive Secretary of World Peace Council.

In 1945, with World War II already over in the Far East, the unthinkable happened: two atomic
bombs were dropped by the US on civilian populations on August 6 and 9, decimating the
inhabitants of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which were literally wiped off
the map.

Dear Sisters and Brothers,

International tensions are growing daily. Military budgets and war preparations are surging. Crippling economic sanctions are proliferating and Cold War rhetoric fills the airwaves and news feeds. The largest nuclear weapon states seem to be on a collision course.

Seventy-eight years ago, an act of international criminality and infamy took place, the consequences of which have posed an existential threat to humanity ever since. For the first time, a species had created the capacity to not only bring about its own extinction, but also to threaten virtually all life on our planet.