[2] The first International Congress was held in London at the suggestion of Joseph Sturge and on the initiative of the American Peace Society in 1843.
The congress adopted resolutions urging limitation of armaments and the placing of a ban upon foreign loans for war purposes.
One year after Brussels, the Peace Congress met in Paris from 22 to 24 August 1849, with Victor Hugo as president [3] The proceedings were published by Charles Gilpin.
Among the speakers were many of the chief philosophers and politicians of the time, including Frederic Bastiat, Charles Gilpin, Richard Cobden and Henry Richard[5] William Wells Brown was invited to speak against slavery.
[6] Through the next decades, more congresses were convened in various cities:[2] The series was interrupted by an interval of wars during which the pacifists were unable to raise their voices.