-------Original Message------- From: exchanges4peace.org Date: 20/09/2007 3:21:19 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: September 21st is the International Day of Peace! Click to view this email in a browser Exchanges4peace Petition Updates Hi Kartono Mohamad, The exchanges4peace petition is moving forward and spreading around the world! We are proud to announce the co-sponsorship of the World Association of Girl Guides & Girl Scouts (WAGGS). WAGGS confirmed that they are very pleased to promote the Peace Petition throughout their network and have created a link to the Peace Petition from their "call to action for international peace day” on their website. China has now moved up to the #1 Signature Gathering Country
Through a strong push in the Chinese schools, China has collected to date 48 909 signatures. We are currently in the process of uploading these signatures onto the website. This is a great accomplishment and we wish to congratulate all the hard work that has gone into this effort. China’s work in the schools has been exemplary. Honduras has also had success reaching out to schools, gathering 300 signatures in one school alone! If you would like to work to promote the petition in your school, please click here to download the paper copy of the petition, please keep in mind that these forms should be returned to us by Oct 10, 2007 by replying to this e-mail and including it as an attachment. Schools that take on a commitment to promote the petition and provide 500 signatures can be listed as Supporters on the Peace Petition’s web page. September 21st--International Day of Peace Friday, September 21 is the International Day of Peace. On this day, millions of people worldwide will in some way recognize the need to continue working towards peace. It represents a wonderful opportunity for individuals organizations and nations to create practical acts of Peace on a shared date. In 1981, on the 20th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly, a UN resolution declared that the International Day of Peace "will serve as a reminder to all peoples that our Organization, with all its limitations, is a living instrument in the service of peace and should serve all of us here within the Organization as a constantly pealing bell reminding us that our permanent commitment, above all interests or differences of any kind, is to peace. May this Peace Day indeed be a day of peace." For creative ideas you can visit the International Day of Peace website www cultureofpeace.org. We would like to encourage you to continue helping us collect more signatures for this petition by sending personal notes to people you know, inviting them to go to www.exchanges4peace.org and sign the petition in support of a global expansion of youth exchange programs. World Peace Forum On Saturday, October 27th, the World Peace Forum will be held at Columbia University in New York City. The forum is envisioned as an opportunity to convene distinguished guests as keynote speakers and panelists to discuss themes related to promoting peace, international diplomacy and the growing importance of intercultural education as a tool to promote wider global understanding and peace. Featured speakers include, along with many others: Carol Bellamy, President and CEO, World Learning (former Executive Director of UNICEF) Tadatoshi Akiba, Mayor of Hiroshima, Japan and President of Mayors for Peace Nicolas de Torrente, Doctors without Borders Ken Burns, documentary film maker and producer J. Brian Atwood, Chair of AFS Intercultural Programs; Dean of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota; former Administrator, USAID Panel discussions will be held on many topics including: Peace in the Next Century—The Role of the UN: A discussion focused on UN peacekeeping forces and efforts in mediation and diplomacy Special Ken Burns Documentary Screening: There will be a special viewing of a segment of Ken Burns’ new documentary THE WAR about World War II, that features AFS Ambulance drivers. The showing will be coupled with a discussion with documentary film maker, Ken Burns, and AFS Ambulance Driver Ward Chamberlin Is Tolerance Fundamental: An Inter-faith dialogue about working toward peace across all religions To see a full list of participants and panel topics go to this page. Registration fee includes lunch and is: $50--Adults $25--Students We invite you take part in this historic event and to spread the word to other people who might be interested in attending. Forward this message to a friend [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
