ON INTERNATIONAL DAY, UN CALLS FOR INVESTMENT IN PEACE EDUCATION

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Date: 21 Sep 2013 13:00:01 -0400
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ON INTERNATIONAL DAY, UN CALLS FOR INVESTMENT IN PEACE EDUCATION
New York, Sep 21 2013 1:00PM
Education is vital for building peaceful societies and fostering
global citizenship, senior United Nations officials today said marking
the International Day of Peace with calls for greater investment in
quality education and to reverse trends which show aid for schools and
teachers dipping for the first time in a decade.

"On this International Day of Peace, let us pledge to teach our
children the value of tolerance and mutual respect," Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon said in his
<"http://www.un.org/en/events/peaceday/2013/sgmessage.shtml">message
for the Day.

"Let us invest in the schools and teachers that will build a fair and
inclusive world that embraces diversity. Let us fight for peace and
defend it with all our might," Mr. Ban noted highlighting this year's
theme, 'Education for Peace.'

He recalled the words on Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl
targeted by the Taliban for campaigning for the right to education,
during her visit to the UN Headquarters in New York in June, "One
teacher, one book, one pen, can change the world."

Mr. Ban called for "bold political leadership and increased financial
commitment" to reverse a decline in aid for education, and urged new
partnerships to reach the poorest and most marginalized children.

To accelerate progress towards universal education, Mr. Ban launched
last year his Global Education First Initiative, whose Secretariat is
hosted by the UN Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO).
There are currently 57 million children that do not have access to
education, and millions more that need better schooling that go beyond
the basis of reading and writing.

Education must encompass the teaching of human rights, living together
and respect for others, said Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director-General.

"Every child in the world should know their rights, and learn their
own history and that of other peoples, so as to be able to understand
the equal dignity of cultures and draw lessons from the crimes and
violence of the past," Ms. Bokova said in her <"
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/prizes-and-celebrations/celebrations/international-peace-day/">message
for the Day.

Ahead of today's official observance, the UN Headquarters in New York
marked International Peace Day on 18 September with the ringing of the
Peace Bell in the Rose Garden.

A gift from Japan, the Peace Bell has tolled every year in a solemn
call for peace since 1981, when the General Assembly established the
Day to coincide with the opening of its annual debate in September.
The high-level portion of the debate is due to begin on Tuesday.

At the ceremony, the President of the 68th session of the General
Assembly, John Ashe,
<"http://www.un.org/en/events/peaceday/2013/gapresident.shtml">stressed
the importance of education as a "path to growth and development". He
added that education which teaches the value of peace is a key
preventative means of reducing war and conflict.

Following the bell ringing, some 500 high school and university
students, including refugees from around the world, spoke with each
other about this year's theme via video conference with young
parliamentarians at the UN Assistance Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Mr.
Ban's Envoy on Youth, Ahmad Alhendawi and the Youth Representative on
the Global Education First Initiative's Steering Committee, Chernor
Bah, also participated.

The International Day of Peace was first established by the General
Assembly in 1981 as an opportunity for people around the world to
promote the resolution of conflict and to observe a cessation of
hostilities.

The UN Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and
equitable international order, Alfred de Zayas, today urged the UN
General Assembly to adopt a more decisive role in peace-making and
peace-keeping.

"The United Nations is the best hope to spare humanity from the
barbarity of war, from the senseless death, destruction and
dislocation it brings about," Mr. de Zayas
<"http://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/NewsSearch.aspx?NTID=STM&MID=IE_Int_Order">said
in a news release.

"It is time for the UN General Assembly, as the most representative
world body, to voice the international community's rejection of war
and war-mongering," he stressed, calling on governments to settle
disputes by peaceful means and to negotiate in good faith under the UN
Charter.

The expert, who reports to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, also
called for a stop to "the irresponsible war-mongering of
sensationalist media that instead of discussing possibilities of
negotiated settlements prefer to beat the drums of war and manipulate
public opinion in order to make armed intervention plausible and
socially acceptable."

The International Day of Peace is being marked in UN peacekeeping and
political missions around the world.

In Lebanon, peacekeepers representing the 37 contingents in the UN
Interim Force known as UNIFIL joined local authorities and officers in
a commemorative ceremony in the southern city of Naquora.

"In southern Lebanon, UNIFIL is a testimony to the fact that concerted
efforts can be successful in maintaining the cessation of hostilities
and creating the conditions for peace," said Major-General Paolo Serra
during a ceremony where he awarded the UN Peacekeeping Medal to 89
military officers.

Meanwhile, a dozen students from four schools in the area painted
their visions of peace in wall drawings.

In addition, UNIFIL donated medical assistance kits, including
wheelchairs, walking sticks and medical equipment paid for with funds
raised in a UN volley ball tournament.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a contingent of the UN
peacekeeping mission MONUSCO donated their medical knowledge, as well
as some medication, to a hospital in Goma.

Eleven specialists, including two women, took care of patients on
cases ranging from fever and back pain, to pregnancy, HIV/AIDS and
dentistry.

The medical consultation camp is the third this year done by the
MONUSCO North Kivu Brigade.

Sep 21 2013 1:00PM
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