1973 World Congress of Peace Forces

thumb|right|1973 USSR stamp The 1973 World Congress of Peace Forces was held in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, October 25-October 31, 1973. At the congress over 3200 delegates from 143 countries, representing more than 1100 political parties, national organizations and movements. Representatives from 123 international organizations took part in the event.Freden angår oss alla - Material och dokument från Fredskrafternas världskongress i Moskva den 25-31 oktober 1973. Stockholm: Svenska Fredskommittén, 1974. p. 5. Opening session The Congress was opened by Seán MacBride, president of the International Peace Bureau and vice chairman of the international preparatory committee of the Congress. Romesh Chandra, the general secretary of the World Peace Council, was elected chair of the Congress. Other speakers at the opening of the conference were Abdulrahim Abby Farah, representative of the UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim, Peter Onu, vice general secretary of the Organisation of African Unity, and Pierre Lebart, representative of the UNESCO Director-General René Maheu.Freden angår oss alla - Material och dokument från Fredskrafternas världskongress i Moskva den 25-31 oktober 1973. Stockholm: Svenska Fredskommittén, 1974. p. 6-7. The main speaker of the event was Leonid Brezhnev, general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. His speech was followed by a short intervention by Horace Perera, general secretary of the World Federation of United Nations Associations, who thanked Brezhnev for his contributions for the cause of peace.Freden angår oss alla - Material och dokument från Fredskrafternas världskongress i Moskva den 25-31 oktober 1973. Stockholm: Svenska Fredskommittén, 1974. p. 36-37. Commissions Fourteen separate commissions, who held parallel meetings during the Congress, were formed. These were:Freden angår oss alla - Material och dokument från Fredskrafternas världskongress i Moskva den 25-31 oktober 1973. Stockholm: Svenska Fredskommittén, 1974. p. 38-39. Committee:Chair:Peaceful co-existence and international securityJózef Cyrankiewicz, chairman of the All-Polish Peace CommitteeIndochinaAndré Souquiere, chair of the executive committee of the Stockholm Conference on IndochinaMiddle EastKlim Čorbe, presidium secretariat member of the Socialist Alliance of Working People of YugoslaviaSecurity and cooperation in EuropeRaymond Goor (Belgium)Peace and security in AsiaAbdus Samad Azad, honorary president of the WPC, Minister of Agriculture of BangladeshDisarmamentRichard Andriamanjato, chairman of Party of the Independence Congress of MadagascarNational liberation movement, struggle against colonialism and racismMarcelino dos Santos, vice chairman of FRELIMO, MozambiqueDevelopment and economic independenceDr. César Rondon Lovera (Venezuela)Environmental careE. K. Fjodorov (Soviet Union)Cooperation in education and cultureJames Aldridge, author (UK)Economic and scientific-technological cooperationFranz Nemschak, director of the Austrian Institute for Economic ResearchSocial progress and human rightsEnrique Pastorino, chairman of World Federation of Trade Unions (Uruguay)Cooperation between intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizationsKnud Nielsen, president of the World Federalist Association (Denmark)ChileVilma Espin de Castro, chair of the Federation of Cuban Women See also Peace movement World Peace Council References Category:Peace organizations World Congress of Peace Forces Category:Diplomatic conferences in the Soviet Union Category:1973 conferences Category:World Peace Council Category:1973 in Moscow Category:Peace movement in the Soviet Union Category:October 1973 in Europe