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In the News (Sat 19 Dec 09)

  
  ARTISTS UNITE FOR PEACE PEACE ONE DAY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Peace One Day will be holding an intercultural celebration at the Brixton Academy in London on Saturday September 21st, to mark the UN International Day of Peace...a day of global ceasefire and non-violence, now fixed in the calendar as 21st September annually.
Peace One Day was launched in September 1999 to a mere handful of individuals and organisations; it now has the support of countless individuals, organisations and governments across the world.
Peace One Day is honoured to receive a special video address from UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan which will be broadcast at the Brixton Academy, and a special statement will be read on behalf of His Holiness The Dalai Lama.
www.goodnewsbroadcast.com /pfday0902.html   (572 words)

  
 Peace One Day   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Peace One Day is the idea of filmmaker Jeremy Gilley, who began an experiment three years ago to see if an individual could create the first Global Cease-Fire Day.
In September 1999, at Shakespeare¹s Globe Theatre in London, Peace One Day was launched, and on 7 September of that year the UN unanimously adopted a resolution establishing an annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence on the UN International Day of Peace, on 21 September.
Allow your blessing for peace to pass into your bowl of water, and then, taking it again to a river, or to the sea, or even a city drain, release it with the intent that it carries your blessing to all in need of peace and the inspiration to resolve conflict.
www.druidorder.demon.co.uk /peace1day.htm   (871 words)

  
 Center for Peace through Culture / Peace One Day
His efforts culminated in a resolution passed by the U.N. General Assembly in 2001, declaring a day of global ceasefire and non-violence, to be observed on September 21 annually.
Part of their mission is to encourage groups and individuals to commit to honoring the day, and to raise awareness and support through screenings of the film.
"Peace One Day" arrives in Los Angeles through the efforts of film editor Mark Solomon, who discovered the documentary when it was screened at the 2005 Tiburon Film Festival.
www.centerforpeacethroughculture.org /lafilm.asp   (425 words)

  
 Peace One Day DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
PEACE ONE DAY is the story of one man’s attempts to persuade the global community via the United Nations to officially sanction a global ceasefire day; a day of non-violence; a day of Peace.
This documentary charts the remarkable 6-year journey of the filmmaker as he meets heads of state, Noble Peace Laureates, aid agencies, freedom fighters, media moguls, the innocent victims of war and, eventually, everyone who was anyone at the UN.
Launched in 1999, with the support of countless individuals and organisations, the film documented and inspired the establishment of the United Nations International Day of Peace as a day of global ceasefire and non-violence, now fixed in the calendar as 21st September annually.
www.druidnetwork.org /reviews/cds/peace_one_day.htm   (237 words)

  
 Karen Blessen: Peace One Day
"Peace One Day" is a children's picture book, published in 2005 by G.P. Putnam's Sons, for young readers 8 years old and older.
All the finished art for "Peace One Day" was assembled in layers in Photoshop.
As well as making it a day for global cease-fire and nonviolence, it would also be A day for everyone in our homes, schools and communities around the world to stop fighting.
www.karenblessen.com /projects/proj-peace.html   (827 words)

  
 The International Day of Peace
The International Day of Peace was started twenty-two years ago as a day for acts of peace, including a call for a day of global ceasefire.
The world is joining together to create a Global Ceasefire and humanity's first day of peace in our homes, our communities and between nations on the International Day of Peace, Tuesday, September 21, 2004.
Peace is a gift of God given to humanity through the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
journals.aol.com /annegw77/PaxPraxis/entries/2004/09/21/.../848   (596 words)

  
 The University for Peace
The activity took place on the University For Peace campus and was attended by the students and personnel of the University, the Earth Council, Municipal Mayors and the Castella Conservatory.
In resolution 55/282, of 7 December 2001, the General Assembly of the United Nations decided that starting in 2002 the International Day of Peace would be recognized the 21 of September each year.
The Assembly declared that the day would be observed worldwide as a day of cease-fire and non-violence and invited all nations and peoples to respect the cessation of hostility.
www.upeace.org /news/index.cfm?id_activity=36&actual=0   (307 words)

  
 Prem Rawat, known as Maharaji, responds to Questions about Peace
Peace is not necessary in the mind; it is necessary in the heart.
If we are at peace with ourselves, then we will have that peace, no matter what outer war is going on.
Peace and joy are inherently inside, and when we try to create them, we get further removed from them.
www.tprf.org /Maharaji_on_peace.htm   (1543 words)

  
 Peace one day - World Affairs Board
It transpires that there was a global peace day which fell on the first sitting day of the UN General Assembly (second Tuesday in September).
A global peace (and hopefully cease fire) date is passed as a UN resolution.
On the day of the last "variable" date of the peace day, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is due to ring a peace bell and proclaim, from the UN headquarters in New York to the world, the new fixed "World Ceasefire day" of 21st September.
www.worldaffairsboard.com /showthread.php?t=3641   (269 words)

  
 NSWAS hosts a meeting arranged by
The actor’s presentation was followed by a film made on the Peace One Day Campaign, and then by an open discussion.
To establish the United Nations International Day of Peace and the global peace fire day upon a fixed date (rather than as the third Tuesday in September, as it has been since 1971).
Peace One Day chose to focus upon seven conflicts in the world for its campaign, and to persuade the leaders in these conflicts to refrain from bloodshed in these areas on this day.
www.nswas.com /village/updates/peace_one_day.htm   (990 words)

  
 Peace Company
In 1981, the United Nations established the International Day of Peace – one day set aside every year for people from all over the world to focus on ‘the celebration and observance of peace.’ That day, September 21 every year, is fast approaching.
When one billion people around the world are all focusing their attention toward peace on the same day, a powerful pulse of energy will cascade throughout our planetary home, awakening minds and hearts in every continent to the potential for us all to be living instruments of peace in our daily lives.
Though the UN has declared this one day of peace for all humanity, our work for peace within ourselves, for peace in our families and our communities, at the workplace, in our nation and among all peoples of the earth transcends the efforts of a single day.
www.thepeacecompany.com /peacelibrary/livinginstrument.php   (855 words)

  
 September 21st: Peace One Day News - Peace - Hippyland
Its eleventh day will forever be indelibly etched into our minds as the tragic day the twin towers fell to the culmination of the bitter enmities between two reactionary ideologies, if not for the fall of Allende to the CIA backed coup in Chile and the beginning of Pinochet’s terror.
September 21st is the official UN ceasefire day, a day of global peace and non-violence.
The declaration of an annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence in 2001 was the culmination of the work of Peace One Day, a campaign launched by British filmmaker Jeremy Gilley in 1999.
www.hippy.com /php/article-284.html   (770 words)

  
 BBC - BBC Storyville - Peace One Day
He was going to create a day on earth on which there would be no killing.
Watch out for the stunning scene in which his day of peace is announced at precisely the moment when the planes hit the Twin Towers on 9/11.
Peace One Day is a strange but winning documentary - an absorbing film, but also a not wholly discouraging commentary on our times.
www.bbc.co.uk /bbcfour/documentaries/storyville/peace-one-day.shtml   (258 words)

  
 BBC - BBC Four - Have Your Say: Peace One Day
Jeremy Gilley's film Peace One Day was five years in the making and took him to every continent in the world in his efforts to make 21 September the only international day of peace with a fixed calendar date.
Peace One Day can affect global change by offering an alternative to war.
To see that on the day the UN launched a day of peace no media turned up was shocking.
www.bbc.co.uk /bbcfour/yoursay/peace.shtml   (550 words)

  
 PEACE ONE DAY - Jeremy Gilley - Penguin Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
One day, a lightbulb went off in Jeremy Gilley's head: there should be one day each year when the world stops fighting and celebrates peace.
Jeremy's enthusiasm and tireless efforts convinced the governments of the world to change the UN International Day of Peace from a day that moved each year and didn't actually require anyone to stop fighting into a cease-fire day of nonviolence that would fall on September 21 every year.
This amazing story touches on the causes of war, what would happen on a cease-fire day, ways to promote peace on September 21, and most important, how a single person can make a difference in the world.
www.penguin.ca /nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780399243301,00.html   (162 words)

  
 September 21
September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years).
International Day of Peace of the United Nations, as propagated by Peace One Day
In ancient Greece, the eighth day of the Eleusinian Mysteries, when the secret rites in the Telesterion finish and the feast, Pannychis, begins.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/s/se/september_21.html   (1000 words)

  
 PEACE ONE DAY EVENT
There was also an exhibition to mark the 60th Anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
This was an opportunity for these groups to network and share their ideals about how to work for world and personal peace.
Peace One Day is an organisation set up by Jeremy Gilley, a film maker who has met many heads of government and key members of the UN and with them has worked to establish Sept 21st as a day of peace and global cease fire.
home.freeuk.net /slhg.adm/peace_one_day_event.htm   (259 words)

  
 One Day In Peace   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
They started in their homes, helping make peace in their families, then in their cities and towns, spreading the word from one person to another.
It was so inspiring, that people all around the world have decided to work for ONE DAY in peace all throughout the year...
In December, 2000 the United States Congress declared that January 1 of every year should be marked as a day of peace and sharing.
www.bonus.com /contour/peace/http@@/www.oneday.net/story/1day-9.htm   (257 words)

  
 Peace One Day (2004)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Plot Outline: The story of Jeremy Gilley's attempts to persuade the global community via the United Nations to sanction officially a day without conflict; a ceasefire day; a global day of Peace.
You will definitely be drawn in to his struggle to create a global ceasefire for one day each year.
Seeing him get ordinary Palestinians and Israelis together in a room discussing their desires for peace, or listening to the young people in Africa arguing about whether it will work, was a nice touch.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0433426   (366 words)

  
 Peace Direct | Peace One Day
Peace Direct depends on donations from people who share our vision.
There are lots of ways to get involved with Peace Direct and we couldn’t function without the help of our talented volunteers and partners.
Campaigns that the 21st September be an international day of peace, by advocating ceasefires around the world on that day.
www.peacedirect.org /resources/sister-orgs/pod.html   (208 words)

  
 Peace One Day: 21 September   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
A United Nations General Assembly resolution (A/Res/55/282), put forward by the UK and Costa Rican governments, was unanimously adopted by all UN member states, formally establishing an annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence on the UN International Day of Peace, fixed in the global calendar on 21 September - Peace Day.
All sectors of society are being asked to honour and celebrate the Day on 21 September.
The vision of the Day extends far beyond the cessation of violent conflict and represents an opportunity for individuals to join in a moment of global unity.
www.peaceoneday.org   (425 words)

  
 Peace One Day   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Peace One Day is a campaign calling for a one-day cease-fire to mark the International Day of Peace this year (21 September).
There will be peace events and activities all over the world on this day.
Then when you are completely exhausted you can join the Peace One Day live concert and celebrations at Brixton Academy, starting at 730pm.
mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /mysterywalk/peaceone.htm   (76 words)

  
 One Day In Peace - January 1
New Year's is the perfect opportunity for those of us who wish for peace on earth to make a resolution to try to do our best to work to create a better world during the coming year.
A global campaign for One Day In Peace on January 1, 2000 helped inspire a UN Resolution and a joint United States Congressional Resolution, inviting January 1 to be celebrated every year as a day of peace and sharing.
If we can live for one day in peace, then we can work together to make peace last, one day at a time.
www.betterworldcalendar.com /oneday.htm   (379 words)

  
 afrol News - One-day peace in Uganda collapses
Also the group of international peace mediators held that they had not given up on the negotiations and that they now attempted to revive talks between the two parties.
The talks, which were held in the war-ravaged Kitgum district in northern Uganda, were led by Ms Bigombe for the government and LRA negotiators of lower degrees.
A new initiative to find a peaceful solution to the meaningless conflict in northern Uganda was announced by the Norwegian government on 13 December.
www.afrol.com /articles/15112   (894 words)

  
 Peace One Day movie Review at The Z Review UK movie review
“Peace One Day” broke past my barriers of criticism and cynicism and really got to me. It is based on such a simple, good motivation that I felt the sort of hope for mankind I usually reserve for films where people act selflessly.
In New York, there is supposed to be an announcement of the day, and the peace bell is supposed to be rung.
His dream of peace one day seems to slip away a little.
www.thezreview.co.uk /reviews/p/peaceonedayedfilmfest.htm   (775 words)

  
 One Day In Peace Play
MARIA: And once there was ONE DAY of peace, we could work together to KEEP peace on earth, one day a time.
And in November 2000, the United States Congress declared that every January 1 should be celebrated as ONE DAY a day of peace and sharing.
After that ONE DAY of peace, we'll work together to help peace stay, one day at a time.
www.oneday.net /play/english.htm   (836 words)

  
 Sundance Channel - PEACE ONE DAY
What if the world came together and agreed that in order to foster non-violence, one day a year would be set aside for a 24-hour cease-fire: a day of peace?
This was the simple yet inspired idea of filmmaker Jeremy Gilley, who charts his progress during a six-year odyssey as he tried to make his vision a reality.
In a documentary alternately inspiring and heart-breaking, Gilley travels to international war zones and meets with United Nations dignitaries and Nobel laureates in a dogged effort to persuade the world to give peace a chance.
www.sundancechannel.com /film/?ixFilmID=6363   (122 words)

  
 World Peace One   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
My regret with this weblog of mine is that it is not exactly the collection of my thoughts on World Peace that I hoped it would be.
I won’t give up or disappear, it will happen one day, but till then I have found a guy that does seem to have the time, and I fully love where he is coming from.
World Peace One is powered by WordPress 2.0.2 and K2 Beta Two r163 by Michael and Chris
www.worldpeaceone.com.au   (1341 words)

  
 Peace Day - September 21
NEWS: Peace One Day reports committments received from all 192 member countries of the United Nations!
The printing of the newly designed UN International Day of Peace Poster was co-sponsored and donated to the United Nations and the Global NGO Community by Mayors for Peace, the World Harmony Foundation and Global Family.
This program is dedicated to the people and organizations around the world who are, each day, doing their part to contribute to a peaceful, sustainable planet.
www.internationaldayofpeace.org   (166 words)

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