World Peace Council (WPC)

Contact Details

Main address: Exec Sec: Iraklis Tsavdaridis, Othonos 10, GR-10557, Athens, Greece, Tel: (30 210) 3316326, Fax: (30 210) 3224302, E-mail: info (at) wpc-in.org , E-mail (2): wpc (at) otenet.gr

UNESCO Representative: Roger Bille, 139 Bd Victor Hugo, F-93400, Saint-Ouen, France

UN Representative for NGOs: Romesh Chandra, c/o Sub-Committee on Racism, CP 28, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland

URL: http://www.wpc-in.org/

Aims

Promote: prohibition of all weapons of mass destruction and ending of the arms drive; abolition of foreign military bases; total and universal disarmament under effective international control; elimination of all forms of colonialism, neo-colonialism, racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination; respect for the right of peoples to sovereignty and independence, essential for the establishment of peace; respect for the territorial integrity of states; non-interference in the internal affairs of nations; establishment of mutually beneficial trade and cultural relations based on friendship and mutual respect; peaceful co-existence between states with different political systems; negotiations instead of use of force in the settlement of differences between nations.

Official Relations

United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)^* (Ros C); United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)^* (Consultative Status); International Labour Organization (ILO)^* (Special List); United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)^* (General Category).

Activities

Initiates or cooperates in activities to eliminate nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and to reduce conventional arms. Launches campaigns for solution of global problems. Acts for: dissolution of military blocs and pacts; dismantling of military bases and withdrawal of foreign troops; social and economic development, establishment of a new international economic order and a just solution of the problem of foreign debt; recognition of every nation's freedom of choice; establishment of a new international information and communication order; support of liberation movements; settlement of regional conflicts on the basis of respect for peoples' right to self determination.

Publications

Peace Courier (12 a year) in English, with Spanish section.

Members

National committees in 137 countries and territories:

• Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion^*, Sahara West^*, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, United Republic of Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

• Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guadeloupe^*, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique^*, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico^*, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of).

• Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Iran - Islamic Republic of, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian territories, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Viet Nam, Yemen.

• Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia^*, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea.

• Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Institutional Members

Movement for Peace,Sovereignty and Solidarity between the Peoples (MOPASSOL-Argentine), Paso 493, 3o B, 1031, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: (54 11) 4951 4985, Fax: 4951 4985, URL: http://www.mopassol.com.ar/

OSPAAAL, Jaime Ballesteros, Spain, URL: http://www.ospaaal.org/

Czech Peace Movement, Martin Jurka, Poste Restante, Kafkova 102/19, 16000, Prague 6, Czech Republic, E-mail: ceske.mirove.hnuti (at) centrum.cz, URL: http://www.cmh.wz.cz/

US Peace Council, PO Box 3105, 06515, New Haven CT, United States of America, Tel: (1 203) 387 0370, E-mail: uspc (at) uspeacecouncil.org, URL: http://www.uspeacecouncil.org/

Le mouvement de la paix de France, 9 rue Dulcie September, F-93400, Saint-Ouen, France, Tel: (33 1) 40 12 09 12, Fax: 40 11 57 87, E-mail: national (at) mvtpaix.org, URL: http://www.mvtpaix.org/

Japan Peace Committee, Japan, Tel: (81 03) 3451 6377, Fax: 3451 6277, URL: http://www.heiwataikai.info/

Peace Associaiton of Turkey, Turkey, URL: http://www.barisdernegi.org/

STOP USA, Belgium, Tel: (32 485) 39 63 54, E-mail: info (at) stopusa.be, URL: http://www.stopusa.be/

Brazilian Center for Solidarity of the Peoples and Struggle for Peace (CEBRAPAZ), Rua Rego de Freitas, No 148, Conjunto 24 - Centro, CEP 01220-907, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tel: (55 11) 3223 3649, E-mail: cebrapaz (at) uol.com.br, URL: http://www.cebrapaz.org.br/

Cuban Movement for Peace and Sovereignty of Peoples (MOVPAZ), Linea No. 556, e/ C y D, Vedado, 10400, Havana, Cuba, Tel: (53 7) 832 0490, Fax: 833 3860, E-mail: movpaz (at) enet.cu, URL: http://www.movpaz.org/

Canadian Peace Congress, Dave McKee, 125 Brandon Ave, M6H 2E2, Toronto ON, Canada, E-mail: dmckee (at) canadianpeacecongress.ca, URL: http://www.canadianpeacecongress.ca/index.asp

Swedish Peace Committee, Tegelviksgatan 40, S-116 41, Stockholm, Sweden, Tel: (46 8) 644 78 68, Fax: 644 78 68, E-mail: info (at) svenskafredskommitten.nu, URL: http://www.svenskafredskommitten.nu/

Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation, Rua Rodrigo da Fonseca, 56 . 2o, P-1250 193, Lisbon, Portugal, Tel: (351 213) 351 213, Fax: 863 221, E-mail: conselhopaz (at) netcabo.pt, URL: http://www.cppc.pt/

Greek Committee for International Detente and Peace (EEDYE), Themistokleous str, 10681, Athens, Greece, Tel: (30) 210 3844853, Fax: 384487948, URL: http://www.eedye.gr/

German Peace Council, Bärbel Schindler-Saefkow, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 7, D-10249, Berlin, Germany, Tel: (49 30) 426 52 90, Fax: 42 01 73 38, E-mail: saefkow-berlin (at) t-online.de, URL: http://www.deutscher-friedensrat.de/

VREDE, Georges Spriet, Masereelhuis Gent, 1st Floor, Filips Van Arteveldestraat 35, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium, Tel: (32 9) 233 46 88, Fax: 233 56 78, URL: http://www.vrede.be/

Belgrade Forum for the World of Equals, Serbia, URL: http://www.beoforum.net/

UNESCO NGO Section Data

Type of Relation with UNESCOConsultative Status

Reclassification date1996

Programme sector: EDNo

Programme sector: SCNo

Programme sector: SHSYes

Programme sector: CLTNo

Programme sector: CIINo

Programme sector: BSPNo

Programme sector: AFRNo

Name and contact details of NGO focal point at UNESCOM. Solinis German
SHS/SRP/POL

History1974 Category A 1996 Operational Relations (149 EX/ONG.2) (149 EX/Dec. 7.3) 2003 Renewal of operational relations (166 EX/38) (166 EX/Dec.9.2)

Contribution to UNESCO's programmes With good geographical coverage, fairly balanced in terms of both membership and activities, the World Peace Council has in the past played an active role in the NGO Standing Committee and relevant secretariat structures. It must nevertheless be noted that its contribution has become more irregular. It did not reply to the Director-General’s consultations on the C/4 and C/5 documents in the sexennial period in question and its contribution to the sexennial report was submitted after the deadline. It should, in the framework of the culture of peace programme, make particular efforts to come back up to standard and work more closely with other NGOs with the same fields of competence. The Council does not satisfactorily fulfil the conditions for admission to formal relations.

Keywords Culture of peace,Culture,Environment,Disarmament,Education for Peace,Development

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