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International Day of Peace
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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 the International Day of Peace would be celebrated on September 21 each year, starting in 2002.
I am asking for the world where we celebrate this day with our observance. And not because the global daddy UN tells us so. Here again we are presented with their largely decorative function when they depart from the agenda of the always already world leaders. Did anyone know this was up? Please join me in promoting peace today (where in our dailyness, in this moment, do we enter the practice of peace, and where leave it?),
and then back to war tomorrow? I'm tired of that war, of feeling compelled to lighten things with a joke, of the self-consciousness when I feel unfashionably sincere. So today I will let that mirror-gazing go. (Maybe to the mall?)
In the name of true lightness of spirit,
posted by Kyle at 11:52 PM
3 Comments:
much love today and every other day.
kyle:
without sounding like a neo-hippie, i try to practice loving-kindness everyday of my life, in words and actions. and i don't mean some schmaltzy goody-goody give-to-charity stuff. just by being and behaving like a human being, and treating others accordingly. often feel like i fail in that regard, but i try. we need not a day of peace, but to live in peace, in every way. i'm still working toward that goal.
I don't mind holidays to bring up a particular aspect of our existence - labor day, birth day, veteran's day, earth day, etc. I think that's what they do. And a shout out to all yall neo-hippies, whatsup with the name, kids? i like thinking there are neo-hippies, and also cro-magnon hippies, salt flats hippies, and the pointed crown hippy dew gang. oh i think that crew has had its day, my cherry jerries.
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