International Peace Day to be commemorated across Pacific

International Peace Day to be commemorated across the Pacific

19 September 2011, UNDP - As the world prepares to observe International Peace Day on 21 September, the Strengthening Capacities for Peace and Development (CPAD) project will also commemorate the day through various activities across the Pacific. CPAD is a Pacific Peace Community made up of governments and civil society from four Pacific island countries, as well as various CROP agencies. It is facilitated and supported by UNDP.

In the Solomon Islands, the Ministry of National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace with assistance from UNDP-Pacific Center’s Crisis Prevention and Recovery Unit and the Pacific Center for Peacebuilding, will hold a three day dialogue for National Peace Stakeholders to map the countries peace efforts and discuss the National Peace Policy. A special ceremony will mark International Peace Day on the morning of 21 September.

In Bougainville, UNDP in collaboration with the Autonomous Government of Bougainville and Leitana Negan Women’s Development Agency will facilitate with the Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding a one-day Reflection on the Peace Process in Bougainville. It will be held with national stakeholders from government and civil society.

UNDP’s interns from the University of the South Pacific have produced short video clips for YouTube from pictures and footage taken at the ‘Paint for Peace Party’ during the Hibiscus Festival held in August this year in Suva.

Members of the CPAD project will also hold a number of events in Fiji and the Pacific, they include: FemLINK PACIFIC, Citizens Constitutional Forum (CCF) and Ecumenical Centre for Research, Education & Advocacy (ECREA).

Click here for the UN Secretary-General’s Message on International Peace Day.
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