Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World
On November 10, 1998 , the General Assembly of the United Nations declared the first decade of the 21st century and the third millennium, 2001-2010, to be the International Decade for a Culture of Nonviolence and Peace for the Children of the World .
On November 29, 2000 , the General Assembly of the United Nations decided to delegate coordination to UNESCO for the «activities of the United Nations bodies whose task it is to spread a culture of peace and to ensure links between other interested organizations. »
The program of action for the decade, decided on November 29, 2000 at the General Assembly of the United Nations, proposes eight fields of action for the spread of the culture of peace:
- Promotion and deepening of the culture of peace through education and training
- Promotion of economic and social sustainable development
- Promote respect for all human rights
- Granting equal rights between women and men
- Promote democratic participation
- Development of understanding, tolerance and solidarity
- Promotion of the active and free exchange of information and knowledge
- Promoting peace and international security.
Since 2001, national networks for the decade have been established in several countries, for example in France, Austria, the Netherlands and Italy. These national networks, together with a number of international organizations, established the International Coordination for the Decade in June 2003 .
The Decade to Overcome Violence ( English: Decade to Overcome Violence DOV) was established in December 1998 with the eighth assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Harare / Zimbabwe for the ten year period from 2001 to 2010, a program decided.