International Day of Peace
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| Date | September 21 |
| Location | in all UN Member States |
| First occurence | September 21, 1981 |
| Last occurence | September 21, 2006 |
The International Day of Peace was established, on 30 November 1981, by the General Assembly of the United Nations, in resolution 36/67. The Assembly declared that the Day be observed, on the third Tuesday of September every year, as a day of global ceasefire and non-violence, an invitation to all nations and people to honour a cessation of hostilities during the Day. It invited all Member States, organizations of the United Nations system, regional and non-governmental organizations and individuals to commemorate the Day in an appropriate manner, including through education and public awareness, and to cooperate with the United Nations in establishing a global ceasefire.
After a campaign by Jeremy Gilley and the Peace One Day organisation, the United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 55/282 on September 7, 2001, which decided that, starting in 2002, the International Day of Peace would be celebrated on September 21 each year, and that it would become a ceasefire day.
Observance of the International Day of Peace has not yet become widespread but some schools take part in an activity called Pinwheels for Peace when the school children make pinwheels in which they make seem peaceful. Only a handful of Private Schools take part such as St. Stephen's Episcopal School Houston.
