International Day of Peace

The International Day of Peace is on September 21st of each year and calls for a full day of peace and ceasefire throughout the world.

The United Nations passed a resolution in 1981 declaring an International Day of Peace to coincide with opening of its General Assembly each year. In 2001, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a new resolution that declared 21 September of each year as the International Day of Peace (PDF).

The resolution: "Declares that the International Day of Peace shall henceforth be observed as a day of global ceasefire and non-violence, an invitation to all nations and people to honour a cessation of hostilities for the duration of the Day . . .

“Invites all Member States, organizations of the United Nations system, and non-governmental organizations and individuals to commemorate, in an appropriate manner, the International Day of Peace, including through education and public awareness, and to cooperate with the United Nations in the establishment of the global ceasefire.”

Observance of the annual International Day of Peace is widespread across the globe. Celebrations now take place in every country. In addition to the links below which give ample information about the International Day of Peace, a Google News search for the International Day of Peace provides a glimpse into the thousands of ways peace manifests throughout the world.

External links

• International Day of Peace website
• Nonviolent Peaceforce- Work a Day for Peace Campaign
• International Day of Peace 2005 - official UN website
• International Day of Peace 2006 - official UN website
• International Day of Peace 2007 - official UN website
• International Day of Peace Vigil
• Peace One Day
• World Peace
• United Nations Cyberschoolbus
• UN Resolution 36/67 (30 November 1981)
• UN Resolution 55/282 (7 September 2001) (PDF file)

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