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PEACED
AY
IMAGINE IF THERE WAS A DAY / WHEN THE
WORLD LEARNED TO UNITE / INSTEAD OF
KILL / WHEN FIGHTING STOPPED / WHEN PEACE NOT VIOLENCE / RULED
THE EARTH / WHEN WOUNDS WERE HEALED
PEACED
AY
Pea
ce O
ne D
ay w
as fo
unde
d by
B
ritis
h do
cum
enta
ry fi
lmm
aker
an
d ac
tor
Jere
my
Gill
ey in
Se
ptem
ber
1999
. The
cha
rity
pr
omot
es th
e id
ea o
f one
day
a
year
free
of c
onfli
ct a
nd w
ar, o
ne
day
of a
glo
bal t
ruce
reg
ardl
ess
of
all k
inds
of c
onfli
ct. T
he U
N h
ad
alre
ady
decl
ared
the
thir
d T
uesd
ay
of S
epte
mbe
r th
e in
tern
atio
nal d
ay
of p
eace
in
1981
. How
ever
initi
al
succ
ess
for
the
char
ity c
ame
on
the
7th
Sept
embe
r 20
01 w
hen
the
Uni
ted
Nat
ions
pas
sed
a fu
rthe
r re
solu
tion
decl
arin
g 21
Sep
tem
ber
the
Inte
rnat
iona
l Day
of P
eace
with
th
e ad
ditio
nal a
im o
f dec
lari
ng a
gl
obal
cea
sefir
e an
d do
ing
so o
n a
fixed
day
of t
he y
ear.
To
rais
e pu
blic
aw
aren
ess
of
Pea
ce O
ne D
ay, c
eleb
ritie
s an
d m
usic
ians
gat
her
toge
ther
for
larg
e co
ncer
ts o
n P
eace
Day
. With
th
e pr
ocee
ds o
f the
se c
once
rts
stud
ents
are
pro
vide
d w
ith p
acke
ts
of in
form
atio
n an
d a
docu
men
tary
fil
m w
as is
mad
e of
the
entir
e pr
oces
s. P
eace
One
Day
has
als
o pa
rtne
red
with
larg
e co
rpor
atio
ns
like
Skyp
e, C
oca-
Col
a, a
nd P
uma
AG
in o
rder
to c
ontin
ue r
aisi
ng
awar
enes
s of
21
Sept
embe
r an
d th
e im
port
ance
of g
loba
l cea
sefir
e.
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AY
At the Womad music festival in 1998 Jeremy Gilley conceived the idea of one day when all countries vowed not
to wage war; a worldwide ceasefire, a non-violence day. Later that year, Jeremy began meeting students, peace negotiators, NGOs, government representatives, heads of state, and United Nations officials in order to make his dream a reality. Those he contacted included: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, United Nations High Commissioner for Human RightsMary Robinson, Secretary General of the League of Arab States Amre Moussa, Peace Laureate and former Israeli President Shimon Peres, former Costa Rican President and Nobel Peace Laureate- Oscar Arias Sanchez, Nelson Mandela and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.
Through numerous meetings it was learned that a United Nations General Assembly resolution would be a good way to establish such a day, and this was made that the goal. Many of the meetings were filmed and compiled them to create the documentary film “Peace One Day”, which was then showed to the United Nations General Assembly to convince them of the importance of the mission of Peace One Day.
After much effort. On 7 September 2001, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution, sponsored by the UK and Costa Rica, formally establishing an annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence on the UN International Day of Peace - Peace Day - fixed in the global calendar on 21 September. This recalled the previous UN resolution that had declared the first ever peace days.
“If we are to move from a culture of war to a culture of peace then we will have to unite around the most fundamental issue that humanity faces – the protection of each otherand our environment. 21 September is the starting point.
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The first Peace Days passed relatively uneventfully, and it was not until 2006 that “life-saving activities”
began to take place on the 21st. On Peace Day 2006 the World Food
Programme delivered 30 tonnes of food to Southern Sudan, Star Syringe
Ltd. carried out immunization programs in nine countries, and the
International Rescue Committee reunited a former child soldier with her family. 2007 was an even better year for the organization: “over 100
million people, in over 100 countries are marking the day, today in many different ways,” said Director of the
United Nations News and Media Department Ahmad Fawzi.
Around the world Peace Day walks, discussions, poetry readings,
assemblies, and football matches were held, but most important of all
has been the ceasefire in Afghanistan. The ceasefire allowed UN agencies and the Afghan government to give
polio vaccines to 1.4 million children in areas of southern and eastern
Afghanistan. Gilley and Peace One Day Ambassador Jude Law traveled
to Afghanistan to videotape the impact of the 2007 Peace Day in
Afghanistan for Gilley’s documentary “The Day After Peace”, meeting
with Afghan Minister of Education Mohammad Atmar, UN Special
Representative to Afghanistan Tom Koenigs, the head of the Afghan Red
Crescent Society Fatima Gailani.
If we are to move from a culture of war to a culture of peace then we will have to unite around the most fundamental issue that humanity faces – the protection of each otherand our environment. 21 September is the starting point. “Individuals can make a
difference. By working together there will be Peace One Day
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AY
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AY
We’re building a movement for peace, and we can’t do that
without you. There are endless ways for you to spread peace your way...
PEACED
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We’re building a movement for peace, and we can’t do that
without you. There are endless ways for you to spread peace your way...
If you’re a student: Mobilise the world’s young
leaders, students. Organise gatherings, marches and debates as your commitment to the day of Global Truce.
If you’re a teacher: Plan classroom activities and
mobilise other teachers around the world as part of your project. Go online to access the lesson plans.
Play a sport: No matter what age you are,
everyone can participate in the Global Truce through sport.
Organise a peace march or community gathering:
Bring your community together in your local park. Share food, begin dialogue around the Global Truce.
Organise your own event: Music, art or photography; a play,
poetry reading or comedy show.
Religious and Interfaith events: If you have a religious or spiritual
practice, then direct your prayers, meditation, chanting etc. towards the success of Peace Day. You can also bring faiths together to celebrate this moment of global unity.
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I’m proud to be a Peace One Day ambassador. I’ve seen first hand how
this organisation can help save lives. Peace One Day has created a
platform from which everyone can become involved in the peace
process and I’m delighted to be part of their work.
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