IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 82 
Recognizing the International Day of Peace. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 
Mr. LEWIS of Georgia submitted the following concurrent resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 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 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 2017 Global Peace Index found that peaceful-
ness improved in 93 countries, but declined in 68 coun-
tries of those studied; 
Whereas the 2017 Global Peace Index also noted that for the 
past 10 years there has been a decrease in the world’s 
peacefulness and that global violence cost $14.3 trillion 
in 2016; 
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; 
and 
Whereas the theme for the 2017 International Day of Peace 
is ‘‘Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and Dignity for 
All’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
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(1) recognizes the importance of celebrating the 
36th 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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