United Nations Civil Society Participation – Activities

Welcome to the United Nations. It's your world.

English
French

NGO Branch
About us
Contact us
ECOSOC Status
Introduction
Applying for Status
Committee on NGOs
NGO Response System
NGO Participation
UN Grounds Pass
Functional Commissions
High Level Segment
Calendar of Events
Conference Registration
Quadrennial Reports

Quadrennial Reports
Quadrennial report due? Read more on our updated page. Click here »

Movement for Peace, Disarmament and Liberty (MPDL) - Movimiento por La Paz, El Desarme Y La Libertad

View Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Education and training of women Human rights of women Indigenous women Information and communication technologies Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women Millennium Development Goals Policy advice Violence against women Women and armed conflict Women and health Women and poverty Women and the economy Women and the environment Women and the media Women in power and decision-making Population: International migration Reproduction, family formation and the status of women Public Administration: Governance and Public Administration Socio-Economic Governance and Management Social Development: Conflict Disabled persons Social policy Sustainable Development: Agriculture Disaster management and vulnerability Education Freshwater Gender equality Health Information for decision-making and participation International cooperation for an enabling environment Partnerships Rural Development Sanitation Sustainable Tourism Waste Management Peace and Development in Africa: Development in Africa Peace in Africa Conflict Resolution in Africa: Conflicts Resolution
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Colombia Spain Lebanon Guatemala Morocco Nicaragua Cuba Jordan Niger State of Palestine Mali
Millennium Development Goals:	Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	The Movement for Peace -MPDL- pursue a dual objective in its actions: * To promote, spread, encourage and protect the universal principles that uphold peace, disarm, freedom and coexistence of the men and women and peoples, in the framework of the internationally recognized Human Rights. * To act against the inequality and injustice situations by the development cooperation and the social action. To achieve this, it develops these activities: 01 - The deepening of the knowledge, promotion and diffusion of the principles and regulations that rule the relations between different cultures, peoples and nations towards the conflict prevention and negotiated solution and obtaining a more fair social order, founded on the respect of the human rights. 02 - Stimulating awareness through information, education and training, specially directed to the young people, of the values of peace, freedom, solidarity, equality and the right to development. 03 - Executing specific plans of International Cooperation and co-development in the most disadvantaged areas of the world, in the economical, social and cultural spheres as well as in those of security and stability, based on the human being, focused to the fight against poverty and for social justice, committed with equality between men and women, the protection of the environment and the promotion of a sustainable development. 04 - Humanitarian action by actions that contribute to overcome the emergency situations affecting peoples and territories in the areas of the planet shaken by devastation, hunger, disasters or war. 05 - Social action through positive action promoting the integration of people in situation of precarity, rootlessness and social exclusion, specially with women, children, elderly and immigrants, as well as giving reception, asylum and refuge to people coming from countries involved in crisis or conflicts. 06 - Volunteering promotion and the realization of activities for training it. 07 - Promotion, participation and empowering of platforms, forums and networks canalizing the actions of the different civic movements and organizations pursuing similar ends to those of the Movement for Peace. 08 - Cooperation and collaboration with as many national, supranational and international Organisms and Institutions as necessary to achieve its Mission.
Year established:	1983
Year of registration:	1983
Organizational structure:	- Board of Directors - Members - Volunteering - Workers
Number and type of members:	- Board of Directors: 15 - Members: 377 - Volunteering: 479 - Workers: 212
Affiliation with NGO networks:	SOLIDAR;CONGDE;Plataforma 2015 y más; Red ENAR;EAPN
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Fundraising campaigns Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants

Previous

Next

Contact NGO Branch
Questions on applications, reports, or other inquiries Click here »

Online Application
Applying for ECOSOC Consultative Status? Click here »

UN Grounds Pass
Obtaining a UN Grounds Pass Click here »

Conference Registration
Registering for a UN Conference? Click here »