Let there be peace on Earth

Today, September 21, is the United Nations International Day of Peace, established in 1981 to be honored first in 1982, coordinating with the opening of the General Assembly.

From InternationalDayofPeace.org:

In establishing the International Day of Peace, the United Nations General Assembly decided that it would be appropriate

“to devote a specific time to concentrate the efforts of the United Nations and its Member States, as well as of the whole of mankind, to promoting the ideals of peace and to giving positive evidence of their commitment to peace in all viable ways… (The International Day of Peace) should be devoted to commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace both within and among all nations and peoples.”

The Assembly’s resolution declared that the International Day of Peace

“will serve as a reminder to all peoples that our Organization, with all its limitations, is a living instrument in the service of peace and should serve all of us here within the Organization as a constantly pealing bell reminding us that our permanent commitment, above all interests or differences of any kind, is to peace. May this Peace Day indeed be a day of peace.”

(Quotes excerpted from the United Nations General Assembly Resolution UN/A/RES/36/67)

…The new Resolution added the call for the International Day of Peace to be a Global Ceasefire:

“Declares that the International Day of Peace shall henceforth be observed as a day of global ceasefire and non-violence, an invitation to all nations and people to honour a cessation of hostilities for the duration of the Day…”

To help celebrate the day, IDP has made available mp3s of peace music for you to download and enjoy. Then observe a moment of silence for the hope of peace in our lifetime.

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