Global Family Day

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Global Family Day, (One Day of Peace and Sharing Every January First) was first celebrated on January 1, 2000 with a special ceremony between Israeli and Palestinian families, at a refugee camp in Nablus. Later that year, noting that the first day of the 2000s was an extremely peaceful time, (despite widespread fears of terrorism, rioting, computer system failures, etc) the United States Congress unanimously voted to establish the first day of every year as a special time of peace and sharing. (S.Con.Res. 138). In 2001, the United Nations General Assembly followed suit, also recommending that all Member states recognize the new holiday (UNRes. 56/2) To date more than 20 heads of state and many ambassadors have endorsed Global Family Day.

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[edit] Present and former Heads of State in support

Fatos Thanas Nano, Albania

Eduardo Alberto Duhalde, Argentina

Georgi Parvanov, Bulgaria

Galfcos Clerides, Cyprus

Girma Woldegiorgis, Ethiopia

Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh, Gambia

Alfonso Portillo Cabrera, Guatemala

Carlos Roberto Reina, Honduras

Ferenc Madl, Hungary

Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, Iceland

Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwait

Einars Repse, Latvia

Branko Crvenkovski, Macedonia

Marc Ravalomanana, Madagascar

Maaouya Ould Sid’ AhmedTaya, Mauritania

Joaquim Alberto Chissano, Mozambique

Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Philippines

Ion Iliescu, Romania

Milan Kucan, Slovenia

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia

Bill Clinton, United States

George W. Bush, United States

[edit] 106-109th United States Congress sponsors of the peace-seeking holiday

GLOBAL FAMILY DAY, One Day of Peace and Sharing Every January first

[edit] Senate

Wellstone (Chief Sponsor) Reid Kennedy* Lieberman Landrieu* Levin Moynihan Inouye* (Chief Sponsor) Coleman* Akaka Feinstein

[edit] House of Representatives

Blumenauer Brown, C* Carson* Chandler Christiansen* Cleaver Conyers (Chief Sponsor)* Crowley Cummings** Davis English Evans** Filner* Frost* Granger Green Grijalva Gutierrez Hall Hinchey Honda Jackson** Jackson Lee** Jones Kanjorski Kaptur Kilpatrick Kucinich (chief sponsor)** LaFalce Lantos* Lee McDermott McGovern McKinney Meeks* Millender-McDonald Morella Nadler* Napolitano Norton** Owens** Pallone Pascrell Payne* Rangel Sanders Schakowsky Schiff Serrano Smith, A. Solis Towns Sherman Udall Udall Van Hollen Walsh Watson Watt Wexler Wynn* Eric Brown

[edit] Committee Chairs

Hatch Gilman Hyde Specter

*sponsored more than once

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