World Peace Council
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The World Peace Council is an international organization created in 1949 by the Cominform and propped up by the Soviet Union. Throughout the Cold War, WPC engaged in propaganda efforts on behalf of th
A WPC Congress in East Berlin on 1 July 1952 showing Picasso's dove above the stage, banner reading "Germany must be a land of Peace"
1951 Soviet stamp with Stalin's quote, marking the 3rd All-Union Conference of Peace Champions, signing a World Peace Council appeal
Romesh Chandra (left), President of the World Peace Council, with Erich Honecker, East German head of state, 1981
Non-Aligned Movement
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The Non-Aligned Movement is a forum of 120 countries that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. It was founded with the view to advancing interests of developing countries in
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…the Korean War. It followed the Cominform line, recommending the creation of national peace committees in every country, and rejected pacifism and the non-aligned peace movement. It was originally scheduled for Sheffield but the British authorities, who wished to undermine the WPC, refused visas to many delegates…
Josip Broz Tito, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Gamal Abdel Nasser, pioneers of the Non-Aligned Movement during the Brioni Meeting
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro at the 18th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Baku on 25 October 2019
1st summit, Belgrade
Josip Broz Tito uniform portrait