Unity Foundation, Pathways To Peace, PeacePortal.mobi and Getzooks welcomes you to the PEACE DAY 24-Hour World Peace Celebration and Global Broadcast commemorating the 27th Annual United Nations’ International Day of Peace on September 21, 2009.

[The broadcast can be viewed on PeaceDay2009.org]

This broadcast highlights the vitally important work of the United Nations and its humanitarian agencies, as well as organizations and individuals around the world dedicated to creating a more peaceful, just and sustainable world. The broadcast includes Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Peace; as well as interviews with present and former high level UN officials and other world leaders. The broadcast also includes videos of the “UN in Action” and Peace Day events around the planet. See the press release.

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This year’s ceremonies at UN Headquarters took place today and will be archived at http://www.un.org/webcast/.  The program featured presentations by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and other UN dignitaries, as well as UN Messengers of Peace Jane Goodall and Princess Haya of Jordan.

There were performances by a choir from Japan and musicians from the Vermont Peace Academy; films from Yemen and Albania; and large screen video-conferencing with students in Iraq, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia and Sudan.  This was followed by a presentation of Pledges for Peace, the Minute of Silence, the Ringing of the Peace Bell, and a Flags of the World Ceremony by the World Peace Prayer Society!

Following is the text of remarks made by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the student observance of the International Day of Peace, today, in New York:

Hello, everyone!

It’s a great pleasure to welcome you to the United Nations today and thank you for taking part from all over the United States.

As you know, I just rang the Peace Bell.  I think you saw a broadcast of my remarks.  These can be summarized in three words:  We Must Disarm.

I shared some of the messages that we received on Twitter from people just like you –- maybe even some people right in this room.

I also tweeted some of my own reasons why We Must Disarm:

• because the world is overarmed and peace is underfunded;
• because disarmament contributes to development; and
• because nukes threaten humankind.  Let’s get rid of them 4 good.

I sent these messages on Twitter because I want to involve the whole world in the campaign to eliminate weapons of mass destruction.  Not just political leaders but citizens everywhere -– including students like you.  You are the future leaders and owners of this planet Earth.

Seeing you makes me think of my own days as a student.  We didn’t have modern technology, such as the Internet or compact phones that could take pictures and videos and download music.  Such things seemed like science fiction.  Today they are sometimes taken for granted.

In the same way, a nuclear-weapon-free world may seem like a far-off dream, but it is not.

Next week, President [Barack] Obama of the United States will chair a Security Council summit on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.  Next year, the parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) will hold an important Review Conference in the United Nations.  The prospects for reducing nuclear arsenals are better than they have been for years, though the road ahead will not be easy.

It may be difficult for you to imagine me growing up in a world with no Internet.  I hope that someday, your children will have trouble imagining what it was like to live in a world that could be annihilated at any moment by nuclear weapons.

On this International Day of Peace, let’s pledge to keep pushing, together, for a nuclear-weapon-free world.  And I count on your commitment and your leadership as future leaders of this world.

“On this International Day of Peace, I have a simple message for all: We must disarm, we must have peace. I appeal to people throughout the world to join in this effort. Support the United Nations and do your part for peace.” - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.

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HISTORIC “PEACE DAY” 24-HOUR INTERNET BROADCAST

TO UNITE THE WORLD COMMUNITY

WHAT:  “PEACE DAY” a 24-Hour World Peace Celebration and Global Internet Broadcast Commemorating the 27^th Annual United Nations’ International Day of Peace

WHEN: Monday, September 21^st, 2009

WHERE: See Preview at: www.CultureOfPeace.org

HOW: Go online anywhere in the world.

WHO: PEACE DAY is produced by the Unity Foundation www.UnityFoundation.org in association with our Peacebuilding Partner, Pathways To Peace www.PathwaysToPeace.org

HERE’S HOW YOU CAN HELP: Announce this historic event to your audiences.

The Co-Chairs for this special international event are Dr. Robert Muller, former Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chancellor Emeritus of the University For Peace in Costa Rica.  As well as Avon Mattison, Founder and President of Pathways To Peace and Co-Coordinator of the Culture of Peace Initiative (CPI) Annual Report to the UN Secretary-General which documents the PEACE DAY events around the world since 1984.

The 24-Hour Internet Broadcast of PEACE DAY will highlight the vitally important work of the United Nations and its humanitarian agencies and the organization’s public administration. The Broadcast will feature Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Message for the UN International Day of Peace; as well as interviews with present and former high level UN officials including Sergio Duarte, UN Under Secretary-General for Disarmament, Salil Shetty, Director of the Millennium Campaign, and Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and former President of Ireland. There will also be a video presentation on the United Nations Public Service Awards and a series of the UN Department of Public Information’s “UN in Action” video presentations on the UN’s important work around the world.

Celebrity peace activists such as George Clooney, Angelina Jolie, Jude Law, Christie Brinkley, Michael Douglas, Charlize Theron, Annie Lennox, Sir Paul McCartney, Dr. Jane Goodall and many more will be featured in these broadcasts.

PEACE DAY will also feature the work of other organizations and individuals around the world dedicated to creating a more peaceful, just and sustainable world. To promote the positive, innovative and solution oriented work of these organizations and individuals for the purpose of inspiring and empowering the world’s peoples to take concerted action to create a better world for present and future generations. Our goal is to educate people globally about the most crucial issues facing humanity; to inspire them to collective action and solve these international problems.

The Unity Foundation at www.UnityFoundation.org (a non-profit 501(c)3 organization based in San Francisco) has been established for 33 years and works in support of the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals. To view recent episodes of our award-winning “Positive Spin” news and public affairs television program of 10 years that presents positive, innovative and solution oriented news from around the world, go to www.Positive-Spin.tv.

Your support of PEACE DAY will promote the ongoing efforts of thousands of organizations around the world working for Peace through disarmament, human rights, development and environmental sustainability.

For more information please contact the Unity Foundation at (310) 450-5592, or by email:

Laurien Towers, Producer – Email: gtotalvision@ca.rr.com