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Welcome to the Culture of Peace Initiative (CPI)

The annual highlight day of the CPI is the International Day of Peace, 21 September

Dedicated to UNESCO's International Decade for the Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010) and the UN Millennium Development Goals

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The Culture of Peace Initiative (CPI) is a co-operative Peacebuilding Initiative to unite the strengths of existing organizations, projects and peoples in building a Culture of Peace for future generations. CPI serves as a vehicle for bringing to light the previously unseen and unheard Peacebuilders working towards Peace along diverse pathways.

Established in 1983, CPI enables global Peacebuilders to instantly network, share inspiration and collaborate on projects and events. Working in partnership with the United Nations, non-governmental organizations, local communities, grassroots organizers, and individuals, CPI unites our voices into a powerful worldwide movement to build a culture of peace.

Your CPI Web site now offers more ways to connect with other Peacebuilders around the world. Read our new Quick Guide to CPI, sign up below, and get started today!

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Become a CPI Participant Today

Join CPI's global network!

Stay up-to-date by joining the CPI listserve and learn of inspiring Peace and Peace Day news, events, and more!

Next, join the CPI online community which will allow you to connect with other Peacebuilders, share Peacebuilding resources and join in discussions about Peace!

(CPI will never share your e-mail address or other information.)

Check-in with the CPI community!

The Culture of Peace Initiative online community includes:

A directory of more than 500 NGOs, non-profits and socially-responsible organizations!
A space to share Peacebuilding resources, articles and Peace messages!
A community of Peacebuilders around the world! Please introduce yourself :)

Together we can unite our strengths to build a Culture of Peace for the 21st century!

We hope one day...you'll join us!

CPI's Global Events Calendar

Post your peace events and activities on CPI's Global Events Calendar, which includes worldwide events on the annual highlight of CPI: the International Day of Peace (September 21). Now more than ever, Peace Day is every day!

As Paul Hawken has described in "Blessed Unrest", there are hundreds of thousands of organizations around the world already working to bring about peace and social justice. It's the largest movement in history. (More...)

View the CPI Report on Peace Day 2009 Around the World!
Full Report (6 MB) | View by REGION
Dedicated to UNESCO's International Decade for the Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010) and the UN Millennium Development Goals

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Peace Week 2011(Sept 15-21) is a global telesummit and its completely free! This virtual peace week will offer profound insights that will help create Peace in ones life, family, community and the world. Last year more than 20,000 people registered from 152 countries.
It is where the world meets up for inspiration

https://shiftnetwork.infusions

Latest CPI News

CPI special Project The Peace Wave: There will be a Minute of Silence at Noon in All Time Zones Worldwide, as requested by Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the UN and sponsored by Pathways To Peace on behalf of the Culture of Peace Initiative. We are a network of thousands of groups working year round to produce and promote practical peacebuilding activities. Many groups are actively promoting this ‘Minute of Silence’ and tens of millions of people will be doing this. Together we can envelope the world with a ‘Wave of Peace’ - Click Here.

Music 4 Peace Tour 2010- More...

Annual CPI Reports - Each year, CPI assembles a detailed report about International Day of Peace events around the world. Download the reports here. (More...)

Minute of Silence Video for Peace Day - Translations for Lyrics will be available in the near future

English: Minute of Silence
Espa�ol: Minuto de Silencio

MESSAGE BY MR. KIYO AKASAKA
UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATIONS
AND PUBLIC INFORMATION
UNITED NATIONS

ON THE 100-DAY COUNTDOWN TO INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE, OBSERVED ON 21 SEPTEMBER 2011
13 JUNE 2011

September 21, 2011, marks the 30th anniversary of the International Day of Peace. As we begin today a 100-day countdown to the observance, we pay tribute to the many civil society activists who lent the strength of their imagination to the institution of this Day.

The United Nations General Assembly declared in 1981 that the Day shall be devoted to commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples.

It invited all Member States, the United Nations system, regional organizations, non-governmental organizations, peoples and individuals to commemorate the Day in different ways, especially through all means of education, and to cooperate with the
United Nations in the observance of that day.

Education, and the fruits of education, have been central to this observance.

Young women and men everywhere are demonstrating the power of connection by reaching out to each other, and rallying together, in the common cause of the dignity and human rights to which their peoples aspire.

It is in tribute to them, and the spirit they represent, that we have chosen this year, under the overall idea of Peace and Democracy, the theme of “Make your voice heard.”

The United Nations stands ready to work with the peoples in whose name the International Day of Peace was established to secure a world ready for, and worthy of, the peace.

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