Dear CPNN readers and reporters,
The culture of peace has its seasons for planting, watering, cultivating, harvesting, waiting through the winter, then planting again. September is a time for planting. The United Nations gathers again, and people around the world mark the International Day of Peace on September 21 when the sun reaches its equinox.
As the United Nations reconvenes, the outgoing President of the General Assembly has called for an unprecedented day-long High Level Forum on a Culture of Peace. One week later at the United Nations, UNESCO will sponsor a High-Level Debate on the Culture of Peace.
The Culture of Peace Initiative traditionally lists celebrations of the International Day of Peace in a report to the United Nations. The last report for 2009 listed thousands of initiatives around the world involving millions of people. This year they are requesting organizations to submit their events to fill a map of events for the day.
Already there are CPNN articles about events planned in Mexico, Canada and the United States, as well as a long list of cities and towns where events were organized last year in France.
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In the United States, the National Education Association has urged its 3 million members to celebrate Peace Day.
A number of global initiatives are described in the article by Push4Peace, and there is another global initiative among Rotary Clubs. No doubt there will be many events in Africa and Asia, but so far we have not received information about them.
Although the actions during the International Day of Peace are only for one day, as stated in the article from the United States, "we can nurture the seeds of peace and greater understanding that have an impact far beyond one day."
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