100-Day countdown to International Day of Peace, observed on 21 September 2011
Message by Mr. kiyo akasaka Under-Secretary-General for communication and public information of UN September 21, 2011, marks the 30th anniversary of the International Day of Peace. As we begin today a 100-day countdown to the observance, we pay tribute to the many civil society activists who lent the strength of their imagination to the institution of this Day. The United Nations General Assembly declared in 1981 that the Day shall be devoted to commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples. It invited all...