The International Confederation for Disarmament and Peace was an organisation formed by peace groups from western and
non-aligned nations in 1963.
As a result of confrontation between western and Soviet delegates at the 1962 World Congress for Peace and Disarmament, which was organised by the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
-backed
World Peace Council
The World Peace Council (WPC) is an international organization with the self-described goals of advocating for universal disarmament, sovereignty and independence and peaceful co-existence, and campaigns against imperialism, weapons of mass ...
, non-aligned peace organisations decided to form an international body that would be independent of the World Peace Council. The founding conference of this body was attended by delegates from forty organizations.
The founding organizations were:
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Accra Assembly Continuing Committee
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Aktionsgruppen Mot Svensk Atoombomb
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American Friends Service Committee
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Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Friendensverbande
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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) is an organisation that advocates unilateral nuclear disarmament by the United Kingdom, international nuclear disarmament and tighter international arms regulation through agreements such as the Nucle ...
(UK)
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Canadian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
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Colleges and Universities CND (UK)
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Combined Universities Campaign (Canada)
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Comite 1962 voor de Vrede
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Committee of 100 (United Kingdom)
The Committee of 100 was a British anti-war group. It was set up in 1960 with a hundred public signatories by Bertrand Russell, Ralph Schoenman, Michael Scott, and others. Its supporters used mass nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience t ...
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Committee on Non-Violent Action
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Consulta della Pace
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European Federation Against Nuclear Arms
European, or Europeans, or Europeneans, may refer to:
In general
* ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe
** Ethnic groups in Europe
** Demographics of Europe
** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe a ...
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Fellowship of Reconciliation and War Resisters
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In learned or professional societies, it refers to a privileged member who is specially elected in recognition of their work and achievements.
Within the context of higher education ...
(Belgium)
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Friends Peace Committee (UK)
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Gandhi Peace Foundation
The Gandhi Peace Foundation is an Indian organisation that studies and develops Mahatma Gandhi's thought.
History
The foundation was established 31 July 1958 to preserve and spread Gandhi's thought. It began with donation of 10 million rupee ...
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Greek Peace Committee
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
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International Fellowship of Reconciliation
The International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR) is a non-governmental organization founded in 1914 in response to the horrors of war in Europe. Today IFOR counts 71 branches, groups and affiliates in 48 countries on all continents. IFOR me ...
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International Liaison Committee of Organizations for Peace
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Irish CND
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
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Kampagnen mod Atomvaben
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Kampanjen mot Atomvapen
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Komiteen for Oplysning om Atomfaren
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National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy
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National Peace Council The National Peace Council (NPC), founded in 1908 and disbanded in 2000, acted as the co-ordinating body for almost 200 groups across Britain, with a membership ranging from small village peace groups to national trade unions and local authorities. ...
(UK)
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New Zealand CND
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (NZ) was co-founded in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1959 with the help of Elsie Locke and Mary Woodward. Mabel Hetherington, who belonged to an earlier generation of peace activists from England, was largely respons ...
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P.S.U (France)
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Peace Pledge Union
The Peace Pledge Union (PPU) is a non-governmental organisation that promotes pacifism, based in the United Kingdom. Its members are signatories to the following pledge: "War is a crime against humanity. I renounce war, and am therefore determine ...
*Schweizerische Bewegung Gegen Die Altomare Anfrustung
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Society for Social Responsibility in Science
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Student Peace Union
Student Peace Union (SPU) was a nationwide student organization active on college campuses in the United States from 1959 to 1964. Its national headquarters were located near the campus of the University of Chicago.
The SPU was founded by Ken Cal ...
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Turn Towards Peace
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Voice of Women
Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, also known as the Voice of Women or VOW, is a Canadian anti-nuclear Pacifist organisation, pacifist organization that was formed in 1960. The organization was created in response to an article in which Lotta Demps ...
(Canada)
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War Resisters International
War Resisters' International (WRI), headquartered in London, is an international anti-war organisation with members and affiliates in over 30 countries.
History
''War Resisters' International'' was founded in Bilthoven, Netherlands in 1921 unde ...
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War Resisters League
The War Resisters League (WRL) is the oldest secular pacifist organization in the United States.
History
Founded in 1923 by men and women who had opposed World War I, it is a section of the London-based War Resisters' International. It continues ...
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Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is a Non-profit organization, non-profit non-governmental organization working "to bring together women of different political views and philosophical and religious backgrounds determi ...
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Women Strike for Peace
Women Strike for Peace (WSP, also known as Women for Peace) was a women's peace activist group in the United States. In 1961, nearing the height of the Cold War, around 50,000 women marched in 60 cities around the United States to demonstrate aga ...
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Yugoslav League for Peace Independence and Equality of Peoples.
It was merged with the
International Peace Bureau
The International Peace Bureau (IPB) (french: Bureau international de la paix), founded in 1891, is one of the world's oldest international peace federations. The organisation was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1910 for acting "as a link be ...
in 1978.
International Institute for Social History
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References
External links
Catalogue of the ICDP archives
held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
The Modern Records Centre (MRC) is the specialist archive service of the University of Warwick in Coventry, England, located adjacent to the Central Campus Library. It was established in October 1973 and holds the world's largest archive collecti ...
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Peace organizations
Organizations established in 1963
Organizations disestablished in 1978