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 World Peace Council (WPC) expresses its sincere grief about the thousands of victims
who lost their lives in Turkey and Syria after the heavy earthquakes of 6th February in the eastern
part of Turkey with severe consequences also in several cities in Syria.
The WPC expresses its sincere and fraternal solidarity with the Syrian National Peace Council
and the National Union of Syrian Students (NUSS) for the suffering from this huge natural disaster
in the region.
The World Peace Council (WPC) expresses its sincere grief about the thousands of
victims who lost their lives in Turkey and Syria after the heavy earthquakes of 6th February in
the eastern part of Turkey with severe consequences in many cities of Turkey but also in
several cities in Syria. The information we receive are horrific. Whole cities and
neighborhoods totally destroyed, tens of thousands injured, many thousands of people
missing under the collapsed buildings. The catastrophe is huge and unprecedented. The
The National Union of Syrian Students in an appeal to international student and youth
organizations:
A humanitarian catastrophe befell our homeland, Syria, at dawn on Monday, February 6, 2023,
after it was exposed to a devastating 7.7 degree earthquake, resulting in an initial outcome of
hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries, the collapse of tens of residential buildings, the
cracking of others, and severe damage to the infrastructure, which was followed by several
tremors.
By Živadin Jovanović, Yugoslav Minister of Foreign Affairs 1998-2000
January 21, 2023, Belgrade
The Egyptian Peace Committee (EPC) unequivocally condemns the hideous massacre committed by the Israeli occupying forces in the Palestinian city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, on Thursday 26 January 2023, which left at least ten Palestinian dead and more dozens injured. This new crime continues a pattern of daily Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people.
At no time since the Cuban missile crisis has our world has been so close to disaster. As the war in Ukraine approaches its first anniversary, it is being increasingly transformed by the Biden administration and the “collective west” into a war between NATO and Russia. The danger of turning into a nuclear confrontation is imminent.
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.
