WORLD PEACE DAY SEPT 21 - SHAPING PEACE TOGETHER
THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARED THAT SEPTEMBER 21 SHOULD BE ANNUALLY OBSERVED AS INTERNATION DAY OF PEACE, AS A DAY OF GLOBAL CEASEFIRE AND NON-VIOLENCE. IT IS A DAY WHEN NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD ARE INVITED TO HONOR A CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES DURING THE DAY. THIS DAY HAS MARKED PERSONAL AND PLANETARY PROGRESS TOWARDS PEACE. IT ENCOURAGED PEOPLE WORLDWIDE TO WORK IN COOPERATION FOR THIS GOAL. \ INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE ALSO KNOWN AS PEACE DAY IS A DAY FULL OF ACTIVITES AND EVENTS CENTERED ON THE THEME 'PEACE' WHICH INCLUDE INTERFAITH PEACE CEREMONIES, LIGHTING CANDLES, PEACE CHOIR, PEACE PRAYERS, TREE PLANTING FOR PEACE, PROMOTING PEACE BY ART EXHIBITIONS, PICNICS FOR PEACE OR PEACE WALKS AND OBSERVING A MINUTE OF SILENCE FOR PEACE. A WHITE DOVE IS GENERALLY A SIGN FOR PEACE. THE DOVE REPRESENT HOPE FOR PEACE OR A PEACE OFFERING FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER. THE PEACE DOVE FLYING WITH AN OLIVE BRANCH IN ITS BEAK IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMO...