International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, 2001-2010 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Reiterates that the objective of the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, 2001-2010, is to strengthen further the global movement for a culture of peace following the observance of the International Year for the Culture of Peace in 2000; invites Member States to continue to place greater emphasis on activities promoting a culture of peace; encourages the appropriate authorities to provide education, in children's schools, that includes lessons in mutual understanding, tolerance, active citizenship, human rights and the promotion of a culture of peace; encourages the involvement of the mass media in education for a culture of peace, with particular regard to children including through the planned expansion of the Culture of Peace News Network as a global network of Internet sites; invites Member States to observe 21 September as the International Day of Peace; invites Member States as well as civil society, to provide information to the Secretary-General on the observance of the Decade and the activities undertaken to promote a culture of peace and non-violence; requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its 60th session a report on the implementation of the present resolution; decides to include in the provisional agenda of its 60th session the item entitled "Culture of peace".

Adopted without vote, 72nd plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 59th sess., Suppl. no. 49.