SUNDAY 21ST September 2014
UNAA Vice President Annette Brownlie organizer of the 3rd Brisbane Peace Lecture considers this year’s United Nations International Day of Peace of immense importance with Australia committing the young men and women to war in Iraq for the second time.
Ms Brownlie considers
“The United Nations prime objective is to bring peace to the people of the world to prevent war and find peaceful resolution to violent conflict in the countries of the world”
This year’s lecture will address the needs of Australia’s indigenous peoples to find peace and well-being in their communities.
Professor Larissa Behrendt’s lecture Moving from Disadvantage – Frameworks for Achieving Improved Outcomes for Indigenous Australians will challenge the current political strategies which often do not provide for Indigenous communities to create their own solutions to problems they face.
The International Day of Peace resolution:
Desiring to draw attention to the objectives of the International Day of Peace, and therefore to fix a date for its observance each year that is separate from the opening day of the regular sessions of the General Assembly,
1. Decides that, with effect from the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly, the International Day of Peace shall be observed on 21 September each year, with this date to be brought to the attention of all people for the celebration and observance of peace;
2. Declares that the International Day of Peace shall henceforth be observed as a day of global ceasefire and non-violence, an invitation to all nations and people to honour a cessation of hostilities for the duration of the Day;
3. Invites all Member States, organizations of the United Nations system, regional and non-governmental organizations and individuals to commemorate, in an appropriate manner, the International Day of Peace, including through education and public awareness, and to cooperate with the United Nations in the establishment of the global ceasefire.
111th plenary meeting
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7 September 2001 IDP_Flyer_2014_V5.pdf
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