International Day of Peace | Wikipedia audio article
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International Day of Peace


00:01:06 1 History
00:01:15 1.1 1981&#160;– UN General Assembly Resolution passed
00:01:55 1.2 1982&#160;– First observance
00:02:18 1.3 1983&#160;– Culture of Peace initiative
00:02:47 1.4 1996&#160;– Seanad Éireann debate
00:03:29 1.5 2001&#160;– Date set at 21 September
00:04:20 1.6 2004&#160;– Taiwanese commemorative stamp controversy
00:05:25 1.7 2005&#160;– UN Secretary General calls for 22-hour ceasefire
00:05:49 1.7.1 Global survey of celebration
00:06:18 1.8 2006&#160;– Peace Parade, UK
00:07:04 1.9 2007&#160;– UN Secretary General calls for worldwide moment of silence
00:07:33 1.10 2009&#160;– International Year of Reconciliation announced
00:08:34 1.10.1 Global survey of celebration
00:09:04 1.11 2011&#160;– Peace and Democracy: Make Your Voice Heard
00:09:44 1.12 2012&#160;– Sustainable Peace for a Sustainable Future
00:10:08 1.12.1 Global Truce Day 2012
00:11:04 1.13 2013 – Focus on Peace education
00:11:49 1.13.1 Global Truce 2013
00:12:03 1.13.2 Peace Day Comedy 2013
00:12:24 1.14 2014 – Right to Peace
00:12:50 1.14.1 2014 Peace Day Comedy program
00:13:13 1.14.2 Waves Of Kindness global meditation events
00:13:32 1.14.3 Comment in Global Education Magazine
00:14:21 1.15 2015 – Partnerships for Peace – Dignity for All
00:14:40 1.16 2016 – The Sustainable Development Goals: Building Blocks for Peace
00:15:02 1.17 2017 – Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and Dignity for All
00:15:24 1.17.1 The Peace Crane Project
00:15:43 1.17.2 2017 Global survey of celebration
00:16:33 1.18 2018 - The Right to Peace – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70
00:16:54 1.18.1 2018 Global survey of celebration
00:17:41 2 See also



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The International Day of Peace, sometimes unofficially known as World Peace Day, is a United Nations-sanctioned holiday observed annually on 21 September. It is dedicated to world peace, and specifically the absence of war and violence, such as might be occasioned by a temporary ceasefire in a combat zone for humanitarian aid access. The day was first celebrated in 1982, and is kept by many nations, political groups, military groups, and people. In 2013 the day was dedicated by the Secretary-General of the United Nations to peace education, the key preventive means to reduce war sustainably.To inaugurate the day, the United Nations Peace Bell is rung at UN Headquarters (in New York City). The bell is cast from coins donated by children from all continents except Africa, and was a gift from the United Nations Association of Japan, as "a reminder of the human cost of war"; the inscription on its side reads, "Long live absolute world peace".In recent years, a searchable map of events has been published at un.org.