Peace One Day
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| Founded | September 1999 |
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| Type | NGO, NPO |
| Focus | Peace day[1] |
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Key people
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Jeremy Gilley (founder) |
| Website | http://www.peaceoneday.org/ |
Peace One Day is a non-profit organisation whose objective is to institutionalise the International Day of Peace. It was founded in 1999 by British documentary filmmaker and actor Jeremy Gilley.
In 1999 Jeremy Gilley desired there be one single day when all countries vowed not to wage war: a worldwide ceasefire and day of non-violence. He established Peace One Day. The UN had already declared the third Tuesday of September the International Day of Peace, Peace One Day aimed to resolve the confusion on which calendar day it fell, and on 7 September 2001, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution formally establishing the UN International Day of Peace an annual Peace Day of global ceasefire and non-violence on 21 September.
The former UK ambassador to the United Nations, Jeremy Greenstock, credited Peace One Day's campaign with playing a central role in the new resolutions processes and commented that "the need for such an enhanced approach was originally brought to our attention by a United Kingdom-based non-governmental organization, Peace One Day".
Currently Gilley and his organisation are making commercials for Burger King.
The first Peace Days passed relatively uneventfully, and it was not until 2006 that activities began to take place on the 21st. On Peace Day 2006 the World Food Programme delivered 30 tonnes of food to Southern Sudan, Star Syringe Ltd. carried out immunization programs in nine countries, and the International Rescue Committee reunited a former child soldier with her family.
Peace One Day organized a concert in the O2 Arena in 2011 which promoted the 2012 (London 2012's Olympic Truce programme and marked the International Day of Peace. Gilley started a new campaign, Global Truce 2012, which aimed to reduce domestic and international global violence.
The Peace One Day Celebration and concert on Peace Day 2012, the day of Global Truce, was held at Wembley Arena, with headline acts including Elton John, James Morrison and 2Cellos.
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