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UN Adopts New Resolution on Culture of Peace
an article by David Adams
On November 10 the UN General Assembly adopted resolution A/58/11
concerning the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and
Non-Violence for the Children of the World. The objective of the
decade, which runs from 2001-2010, is to strengthen the global movement
for a culture of peace.
The resolution was similar to that adopted a year ago (click here
for text), but there was a big increase in the number of sponsors. Last
year there were 22 sponsors. This year there were 55 (see discussion
for list). Among them were 19 member states of the Organization of the
Islamic Conference (OIC). This is especially significant because the
OIC foreign ministers, at their annual meeting in September called for
"a long term strategy which should aim at creating and promoting a
culture of peace" as a response to the threats to peace and security
being felt around the world. The introduction to the UNESCO report on
the Decade (document A/58/182)
considers the culture of peace to be an appropriate response to the
terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 and the events in Iraq.
As
previously, the resolution encourages the "expansion of the Culture of
Peace News Network as a global network of Internet sites in many
languages." It also congratulates UNESCO for maintaining the culture of
peace website.
A major
review of the International Decade is due to take place in the fall of
2005 at the General Assembly, and the resolution speaks of the
possibility of holding a plenary meeting as close as possible to the
general debate where heads of countries usually come to speak. In
addition to the annual report from UNESCO, reports are requested from
the civil society to the UN concerning observance of the Decade and
activities promoting a culture of peace and non-violence.
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Here
is the list of sponsors of the 2003 UN culture of peace resolution.
Those in the first paragraph were sponsors in both 2002 and 2003,
while those in the second paragraph were new sponsors in 2003.
Afghanistan,
Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Burundi, Chile, Cuba,
Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, India, Kuwait, Morocco, Philippines,
Senegal, Venezuela and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Algeria,
Barbados, Belize, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Colombia,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Gambia, Jamaica,
Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Marshall Islands,
Mauritius, Mongolia, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea,
Qatar, Russian Federation, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines, Sudan, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, United
Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay and Viet Nam
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