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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 81 

Recognizing international days of peace, coexistence, and cooperation. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 19, 2023 

Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia (for herself, Mr. ALLRED, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. NORTON, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. LEE of California, 

Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. SCHOLTEN, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. 

TITUS, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. CLARKE of New 

York, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. COSTA, Mr. KHANNA, 

Ms. OMAR, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. EVANS, Mr. 

MULLIN, Ms. SEWELL, and Ms. JACKSON LEE) submitted the following 

concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight 

and Accountability 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Recognizing international days of peace, coexistence, and 

cooperation. 

Whereas the preamble to the Universal Declaration of 

Human Rights says that ‘‘disregard and contempt for 

human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have 

outraged the conscience of humankind, and the advent of 

a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of 

speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has 

been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common 

people’’; 


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Whereas the Constitution of the United Nations Educational, 

Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) reminds 

us that ‘‘a peace based exclusively upon the political and 

economic arrangements of Governments would not be a 

peace which could secure the unanimous, lasting and sincere support of the peoples of the world, and the peace 

must therefore be founded, if it is not to fail, upon the 

intellectual and moral solidarity of mankind’’; 

Whereas the 2022 Global Peace Index found peacefulness has 

declined year-on-year for 11 of the last 14 years; 

Whereas the 2022 Global Peace Index also noted a persistent 

decrease in the world’s peacefulness and that global violence cost $16.5 trillion in 2021; 

Whereas strengthening and supporting domestic and global 

efforts to study, discuss, teach, and develop techniques 

and methods to encourage and augment global peace efforts is a critical international goal; 

Whereas, on November 30, 1981, during the 77th plenary 

meeting, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a 

resolution to declare the third Tuesday of September as 

the International Day of Peace; 

Whereas nearly 20 years later, the United Nations General 

Assembly adopted A/RES/55/282, which officially designated September 21 as a global day to recognize and 

celebrate international cease-fire and nonviolence; 

Whereas, in 2001, the United Nations Economic and Social 

Council Organization proclaimed November 10 as World 

Science Day for Peace and Development; 

Whereas, on February 24, 2003, the United Nations General 

Assembly adopted a resolution declaring each May 29th 

as International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, 


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recognizing the significant sacrifices people have made 

and continue to make in pursuit of peace; 

Whereas, on December 22, 2005, the United Nations General 

Assembly adopted a resolution declaring December 20th 

International Human Solidarity Day and defined solidarity as a fundamental and universal value underlying 

modern human relations; 

Whereas, on June 15, 2007, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring October 2 as International Day of Non-Violence, extolling the virtues of 

nonviolent action such as protests, marches, vigils, and 

other acts of peaceful resistance; 

Whereas, on August 19, 2013, the United Nations General 

Assembly adopted a resolution declaring April 6th as the 

International Day of Sport for Development and Peace; 

Whereas, on February 2, 2017, the United Nations General 

Assembly adopted a resolution declaring December 12 as 

International Day of Neutrality; 

Whereas, on January 15, 2018, the United Nations General 

Assembly adopted a resolution declaring May 16 as International Day of Living Together in Peace, and affirmed 

that, in order to accomplish the goal of peace, we must 

eliminate all forms of discrimination and intolerance; 

Whereas, on December 12, 2018, the United Nations General 

Assembly adopted a resolution declaring April 24th International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for 

Peace, recognizing that peace requires good-faith cooperation; 

Whereas, on July 25, 2019, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring April 5th as the 

International Day of Conscience in order to ‘‘mobiliz[e] 


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the efforts of the international community to promote 

peace, tolerance, inclusion, understanding and solidarity, 

in order to build a sustainable world of peace, solidarity 

and harmony’’; 

Whereas attaining peace involves the active and persistent 

process of persuading people of the benefits of peace, cooperation, tolerance, and nonviolence; 

Whereas peace is only attainable via a sustained commitment 

by a critical mass of those striving to do good; and 

Whereas peace is a global goal that can only be achieved 

through thoughtful, deliberative, cooperative actions that 

center peace as their primary objective: Now, therefore, 

be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That Congress— 

3 (1) recognizes the— 

4 (A) 42d anniversary of the International 

5 Day of Peace; 

6 (B) 22d anniversary of the International 

7 Day of Peace being recognized as a period of 

8 nonviolence and cease-fire; 

9 (C) 22d anniversary of the World Science 

10 Day for Peace and Development; 

11 (D) 20th anniversary of the International 

12 Day of United Nations Peacekeepers; 

13 (E) 18th anniversary of Human Solidarity 

14 Day; 


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1 (F) 16th anniversary of the International 

2 Day of Non-Violence; 

3 (G) 10th anniversary of the International 

4 Day of Sport for Development and Peace; 

5 (H) 6th anniversary of the International 

6 Day of Neutrality; 

7 (I) 5th anniversary of the International 

8 Day of Living Together in Peace; 

9 (J) 5th anniversary of the International 

10 Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for 

11 Peace; and 

12 (K) 4th anniversary of the International 

13 Day of Conscience; and 

14 (2) commits to— 

15 (A) encouraging the people of the United 

16 States to continue commemorating international 

17 days of peace, coexistence, and cooperation; 

18 (B) supporting activities on international 

19 days of peace, coexistence, and cooperation that 

20 promote thoughtful, deliberative, and coopera21 tive actions to achieve peace; and 

22 (C) facilitating the application of peace, 

23 tolerance, cease-fire, and nonviolence through24 out the year. 

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