{"id":6821,"date":"2016-09-04T16:40:54","date_gmt":"2016-09-04T20:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=6821"},"modified":"2020-01-03T05:09:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T10:09:41","slug":"un-international-day-of-peace-21-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=6821","title":{"rendered":"UN: International Day of Peace, 21 September"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DISARMAMENT & SECURITY .<\/p>\n

From the website of The United Nations<\/a><\/p>\n

Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples. The Day\u2019s theme for 2016 is \u201cThe Sustainable Development Goals: Building Blocks for Peace.\u201d<\/p>\n


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The 17 Sustainable Development Goals were unanimously adopted by the 193 Member States of the United Nations at an historic summit of the world\u2019s leaders in New York in September 2015. The new ambitious 2030 agenda calls on countries to begin efforts to achieve these goals over the next 15 years. It aims to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all.<\/p>\n

The Sustainable Development Goals are integral to achieving peace in our time, as development and peace are interdependent and mutually reinforcing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 17 Sustainable Development Goals are our shared vision of humanity and a social contract between the world’s leaders and the people,\u201d said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. \u201cThey are a to-do list for people and planet, and a blueprint for success.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sustainability addresses the fundamental needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Modern challenges of poverty, hunger, diminishing natural resources, water scarcity, social inequality, environmental degradation, diseases, corruption, racism and xenophobia, among others, pose challenges for peace and create fertile grounds for conflict. Sustainable development contributes decisively to dissipation and elimination of these causes of conflict and provides the foundation for a lasting peace. Peace, meanwhile, reinforces the conditions for sustainable development and liberates the resources needed for societies to develop and prosper.<\/p>\n

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(Click here for a version of this article in French<\/a> or here for a version in Spanish.)<\/p>\n

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How are you celebrating peace day?<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Every single one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals is a building block in the global architecture of peace. It is critical that we mobilise means of implementation, including financial resources, technology development and transfer, and capacity-building, as well as the role of partnerships. Everyone has a stake and everyone has a contribution to make.<\/p>\n

On 16 September 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., the Secretary-General will celebrate the Day in the Peace Garden at United Nations Headquarters by ringing the Peace Bell and observing a minute of silence. Women Nobel Peace Prize laureates and the United Nations Messengers of Peace will be invited to participate in the ceremony. The United Nations Education Outreach Section will hold a global student videoconference on the same day, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., also at United Nations Headquarters.<\/p>\n

Check out videos by youth from around the globe on how the Goals can help build peace!<\/a><\/p>\n

“Sustainable Development Goals: Improve Life All Around The Globe” is a“> hip hop music video <\/a> that was produced by FlocabularyExternal link in partnership with the Education Outreach Section of the Outreach Division of the United Nations Department of Public Information. It aims to teach young people throughout the world about the importance of the Sustainable Development Goals and how they can help build peace.<\/p>\n

(Thank you to Janet Hudgins, the CPNN reporter for this article)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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