The International Day of Peace has always been a time ... prevention and through a surge in diplomacy for peace reaffirms the United Nations' founding mission. Since its inception, the UN has ...

United Nations Day commemorates the ratification of the United Nations Charter each year on October 24. At this time of war and unrest in many parts of the world, it is valuable to pause to consider ...

The United Nations General Assembly first established International Peace Day in 1981. Two decades later, in 2001, the General Assembly unanimously voted to designate this day as a time for non ...

On the occasion of the United Nations International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP), the Youth Charter ( is issuing a global Call to Action urg ...

In August 2013, the UN General Assembly made the decision to proclaim 6 April as the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. UNESCO is the United Nations’ lead agency for Physical ...

Every day, the United Nations feeds the hungry and shelters those ... our mediators bring warriors to the peace table; our relief workers brave treacherous environments to deliver life-saving ...

The Day aims to uphold the desire to ... particularly the United Nations system, to promote a culture of peace and non-violence that benefits all of humanity, including future generations.