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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 67 

Recognizing the International Day of Peace. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 

Mr. LEWIS submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred 

to the Committee on Oversight and Reform 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the International Day of Peace. 

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, on September 21, all United Nations Member 

States, organizations, regional and nongovernmental organizations, and individuals are encouraged to celebrate 

and recognize global peace efforts; 

Whereas the United States Institute of Peace coordinates an 

annual Peace Day Challenge, an international effort to 


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reaffirm peace as an authentic alternative to violence and 

war; 

Whereas according to the United States Institute of Peace, 

since 2015 the Peace Day Challenge has reached more 

than 104 million people in 148 countries; 

Whereas, in 2015, the USIP Global Peacebuilding Center developed an inaugural USIPEACE Teachers program 

which selected educators to incorporate peacebuilding into 

curricula and activities with students across the country; 

Whereas peace education programs help break the cycle of violence and conflict by developing active communities committed to peace scholarship and instruction; 

Whereas the 2019 Global Peace Index found that peacefulness improved slightly for the first time in five years, but 

declined in 76 countries of those studied; 

Whereas the 2019 Global Peace Index also noted that for the 

past 10 years there has been a persistent decrease in the 

world’s peacefulness and that global violence cost $14.1 

trillion in 2018; 

Whereas these reports and actions underscore the importance 

of strengthening and supporting domestic and global efforts to study, discuss, teach, and develop techniques and 

methods to encourage and augment global peace efforts; 

Whereas climate change threatens world economies, public 

health, and the environment, which affect the security 

and peaceful existence of global citizens and countries 

around the world; 

Whereas the Institute for Economics and Peace found that 

countries with lower levels of positive peace have a higher 

ratio of fatalities as a result of natural disasters; 


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Whereas climate change results in natural disasters, 

droughts, desalination of water, destruction of ecosystems, and other catastrophes that exacerbate or instigate tensions that lead to violent conflict; 

Whereas young people and activists in more than 150 countries around the world launched coordinated global protests demanding action on climate change in September 

2019; and 

Whereas the theme for the 2019 International Day of Peace 

is ‘‘Climate Action for Peace’’: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That Congress— 

3 (1) recognizes the importance of celebrating the 

4 38th anniversary of the International Day of Peace; 

5 and 

6 (2) urges all citizens of the United States to re7 flect upon the importance of peace, tolerance, cease8 fire, and nonviolence. 

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