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Pax Christi International is a non-profit, non-governmental Catholic peace movement working on a global scale on a wide variety of issues in the fields of human rights, human security, disarmament and demilitarisation, just world order and religion and violent conflict.
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Pax Christi International was started in 1945 as an organisation of Catholics in Europe who wanted to promote reconciliation at the end of the Second World War.
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Pax Christi International is made up of a number of autonomous Member Organisations, affiliated, local groups and partners spread over 50 countries and 5 continents. Most of the regular work at the international level is done through regional and continental consultations and special sessions on specific issues.
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Pax Christi International’s governing bodies include a Triennial World Assembly, an Executive Committee with an International Co-Presidency, currently held by Msgr. Laurent Monsengwo and Marie Dennis. The day-to-day operations are carried out by the Secretariat’s office in Brussels.
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Representation and advocacy are integral to Pax Christi International’s work. Pax Christi International is recognised and has representation status at the United Nations in New York, Geneva and Vienna, UNESCO in Paris and the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France.

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