IV 
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 des-
ignated 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 or-
ganizations, 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 de-
veloped 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 vi-
olence and conflict by developing active communities com-
mitted to peace scholarship and instruction; 
Whereas the 2019 Global Peace Index found that peaceful-
ness 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 ef-
forts 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 eco-
systems, and other catastrophes that exacerbate or insti-
gate tensions that lead to violent conflict; 
Whereas young people and activists in more than 150 coun-
tries around the world launched coordinated global pro-
tests 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 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) recognizes the importance of celebrating the 
38th anniversary of the International Day of Peace; 
and 
(2) urges all citizens of the United States to re-
flect upon the importance of peace, tolerance, cease- 
fire, and nonviolence. 
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