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Recent UN Documents

Secretary-General's message (SG/SM/10631)

International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010) (A/RES/60/3)

Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal (A/RES/60/8)

Sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peace
Resolution (A/RES/60/9)
Report (A/60/217)

Promotion of interreligious dialogue and cooperation for peace
Resolution (A/RES/60/10)
Report (A/60/201)

Promotion of religious and cultural understanding, harmony and cooperation
(A/RES/60/11)

Promotion of peace as a vital requirement for the full enjoyment of all human rights by all (A/RES/60/163)

The Peacebuilding Commission (A/RES/60/180)

Election of seven members of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission (A/RES/60/261)

Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects (A/RES/60/263)

The Peacebuilding Fund (A/RES/60/287)

Report of the High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, entitled "A more secure world : our shared responsibility" (A/59/565 and Corr.1)

In larger freedom : towards development, security and human rights for all : report of the Secretary-General (A/59/2005 and Add.1, Add.2, Add.3

Security Council resolution 1645 (2005) [on establishment of the Peacebuilding Commission] (S/RES/1645(2005))

Security Council resolution 1646 (2005) [on membership of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission] (S/RES/1646(2005))

UN Peacekeeping Operations (Background Note)

UN Political and Peacebuilding Missions (Background Note)

Peace and Conflict Review. University for Peace.

International Day of Peace

21 September


In 1981, the General Assembly declared that the opening day of its regular session in September «shall be officially dedicated and observed as the International Day of Peace and shall be devoted to commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace both within and among all nations and peoples» (resolution 36/67).

On 7 September 2001, the Assembly decided that, beginning in 2002, the International Day of Peace shall be observed on 21 September each year, with this date to be brought to the attention of all people for the celebration and observance of peace (resolution 55/282). It declared that «the Day 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». It also invited Member States, United Nations bodies, regional and non-governmental organizations to commemorate the Day and to cooperate with the United Nations in establishing a global ceasefire.

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