Peace conference in Limassol

THE Cyprus Peace Council is meeting in Limassol today for a peace conference to mark its 50th anniversary, and to pave the way for the new millennium.

The council, which is affiliated to the World Peace Council, said that since its 1949 formation, it had contributed to the overall effort of the global organisation.

To this end, it had striven not only to demilitarise Cyprus, removing all foreign and domestic troops from the island, but had also contributed to the worldwide struggle for peace.

The council also expressed the hope that the new century would bring a world without war, prejudice or weapons of mass destruction and where human rights reigned supreme.

The one-day conference, which kicks off at 10am, will include talks and speeches by some of the organisation’s leading lights.

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