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Peace Day 2007
SRI LANKA

All United Nations member countries agreed to celebrate September 21, The International Day of Peace as a Global Ceasefire and Day of Peace & Nonviolence in our homes, our communities and between nations. Peace Day has been a focal point for community-uniting and peace-inspiring events since its inception in 1981. Together we can create a more peaceful, just and sustainable world, one heart, one family, one community at a time. Join the Countdown To Peace and help inspire your community to create humanity's first day of peace, ever.

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

• Ask your favorite organization, group or religious institution to support the International Day of Peace
• Plan or attend a Peace Day Event in your community (scheduled events include concerts, parades, marches, fasts, conferences, festivals, gatherings, service projects, ceremonies, children's activities such as peace art & essay contests and pinwheels for peace, Peace Day parties and peace vigils)
• Ask your Mayor, City Council, Governor and Head of State to declare a Proclamation of Peace
• Print out Flyers, Posters and other Resources

2006 PLANS

COLOMBO Arunalu (an environmental group) EVENT: One of the hundreds of ENO locations (Environment Online) that will plant trees for the International Day of Peace as a symbol for environmental protection, international co-operation, cultural diversity, tolerance and peace. (http://eno.joensuu.fi/treeceremony.htm)

COLOMBO Foss' pse group (grade 7) org: o.s.c Email: mfoss@osc.lk Web: www.osc.lk EVENT: We will spend the period discussing conflicts around the world - causes, country issues, and why they continue in a time when the catch-phrase is always "Peace!" Do countries believe in it?

United Nations Association; Secretary-General – Kumaran Fernando: The IDP date is on our calendar. We will be marking the IDP for the 14th consecutive time, the only NGO in the country that has such a record. www.unasl.org More Peace One Day Committments: http://www.peaceoneday.org/page/unite

COLOMBO United Nations Information Centre, Colombo: The Activities planned by UNIC to observe Peace day are: Provide information support to the media and NGO’s by way of disseminating a Peace Day backgrounder together with UN Secretary general’s message - Arrange the publication of at least one article in the press in each of the three languages, viz: English, Sinhala and Tamil. Organize at least one radio and one TV panel discussion on the subject Organize a Peace Day celebration in collaboration with UN Association of Sri Lanka at a venue outside Colombo. More Peace One Day Committments: http://www.peaceoneday.org/page/unite

COLOMBO Children's Art Circle EVENT: One of the hundreds of ENO locations (Environment Online) that will plant trees for the International Day of Peace as a symbol for environmental protection, international co-operation, cultural diversity, tolerance and peace. (http://eno.joensuu.fi/treeceremony.htm)

PEACE DAY ARCHIVE

	SRI LANKA 2004 - Over 3 million people in Sri Lanka participated in the International Day of Peace Vigil coordinated by the Sarvodaya Movement. (www.internationaldayofpeace.org/ resources/Sri_Lanka__Shein_edits.doc )
	SRI LANKA 2005- In Anuradhapura, the peace organization Samasevaya organized a prayer session with 30 Buddhist, Christian, Islamic and Hindu Priests and 500 people belonging to all four religions to pray for peace, sharing the prayer "May Peace Prevail on Earth." An hour-long radio broadcast on peace issues was also arranged. (www.internationaldayofpeace.org/events/2005wpps/sri-lanka.htm)
	SRI LANKA 2005- At the center of town in Anuradhapura, 500 gathered to light lamps for peace in an event organized by Samasevaya. (www.internationaldayofpeace.org/events/2005wpps/sri-lanka.htm)
	SRI LANKA 2005- USAID’s Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) program in Sri Lanka aims to support a negotiated peace settlement to end the island nation’s longstanding internal conflict. Peace Day offered a timely opportunity for OTI to bring together communities in four districts to celebrate and explore ways in which the government and civil society could promote lasting peace. In Ampara, Batticaloa and Moneragala, more than 2,000 people gathered for a religious and cultural ceremony representing all ethnicities and planted a “peace pole” together in each town. Farther north, in a contentious border area of the Anuradhapura District, OTI supported another Peace Day event that included a public forum, meditation and tree planting with 1,000 multi-ethnic community members. Peace talks and messages were delivered by village leaders, religious leaders, university academics and local government officers. (www.usaid.gov/our_work/cross-cutting_programs/ transition_initiatives/country/srilanka/rpt0905.html)
	SRI LANKA 2005- A workshop organized by the ‘Peace Initiative’ on the 21st of September 2005 to commemorate International Peace Day helped, 225 youth recognize their role as peace builders in Sri Lanka. (www.flict.org/activities_oct2005.htm)

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Sri Lanka Peace Day
SUPPORTERS

• Ananda College Tennis Club, Thalawathugoda
• CCF-Sri Lanka, Kalmunai
• Jayavi lanka, Galle
• Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement
• Sri Lanka Standards Institution, Rajagiriya
• United Nations Association of Sri Lanka, Panadura

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