Since 2013, 26 September has been, by decision of the UN General Assembly, the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.
Reputable scientists warn that the explosion of only one percent of today's deployed nuclear weapons in the world would amount to about 4000 times the energy released by the US atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.
World Peace Council European member organizations have held a meeting in Basel, Switzerland on the 21 and 22 September.
The meeting, hosted by Swiss Peace Movement and presided by the Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation, as WPC regional coordinator, started on the International Day of Peace, and also at the date of the 70th anniversary of the Swiss Peace Movement.
On 21 September, International Day of Peace, the Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) calls for commitment and mobilization in defense of the principles embodied in the United Nations Charter and the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic, such as sovereignty and the rights of peoples, the sovereign equality of states, the peaceful and negotiated settlement of international conflicts, the non-use of force or the threat of the use of force in international relations, the general simultaneous and controlled disarmament.
At the 80th anniversary of the beginning of World War II, the Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation recalls the brutal consequences of what was the most violent and bloody military conflict in history, triggered by Nazi Germany, fascist Italy and militaristic Japan, responsible for the loss of more than 50 million lives and tens of millions of injured.
Democratic forces have already spoken out against the attempts of countries party to the infamous Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR) to trigger this instrument against Bolivarian Venezuela. On Wednesday (11) the proposal was presented by Colombia and supported by the representation of Brazil and other countries governed by forces subservient to the US, within the Organization of American States (OAS).
Las fuerzas democráticas ya se pronuncian en contra de los intentos de los países que forman parte del infame Tratado Interamericano de Asistencia Recíproca (TIAR) de activar este instrumento contra la Venezuela bolivariana. El miércoles (11) la propuesta fue presentada por Colombia y apoyada por la representación de Brasil y otros países gobernados por fuerzas serviles a los Estados Unidos, en la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA).
As forças democráticas já se manifestam em repúdio aos intentos de países parte do infame Tratado Interamericano de Assistência Recíproca (TIAR) de acionar este instrumento contra a Venezuela bolivariana. Na quarta-feira (11) a proposta foi apresentada pela Colômbia e apoiada pela representação do Brasil e demais países governados por forças servis aos EUA, no seio da Organização de Estados Americanos (OEA). O tema deve ser discutido pelos chanceleres para a adoção de uma medida e as forças da paz mobilizam-se para deter os planos evidentes de intervenção na Venezuela.
The Anti-imperialist Meeting of Solidarity, for Democracy and against Neoliberalism will take place in Havana from November 1 to 3 of this year, organized by the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), Central Organization of Cuban Trade Unions (CTC), along with the Cuban Chapter of Social Movements and the Continental Conference for Democracy and against Neoliberalism.
El Consejo Mundial de la Paz denuncia fuertemente la reciente decisión de un grupo de estados dentro de la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA) a activar el Tratado Interamericano de Asistencia Recíproca (TIAR) sobre Venezuela, lo cual hace décadas ha servido como instrumento de intervención en los asuntos soberanos de varios países.
The World Peace Council (WPC) denounces strongly the recent decision of a group of States within the “Organisation of American States (OAS)” to activate the Inter-American Reciprocal Assistance Treaty (TIAR) about Venezuela, as an instrument of interference in the sovereign affairs of countries since many decades.
