International Day of Peace is marked
Statement calls for the international community to ‘mainstream peace in the response to Covid-19’
Over ten Quaker groups joined around 170 organisations in signing an International Day of Peace statement calling for the international community to ‘mainstream peace in the response to Covid-19’.
‘Peace is under threat,’ the statement says, partly drafted by the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) to mark the day on 21 September. ‘The United Nations was founded to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.” But the steady progress that has been made towards building, keeping and sustaining peace is now threatened.’
‘Our hearts go out to those suffering today, in the sober knowledge that this may be a foretaste of the disruptions that may arise in the years to come,’ said Andrew Tomlinson, director of QUNO.
‘If we are to meet the challenges of tomorrow, we must recommit to peace today.’
The statement was released as the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly and High-Level Debate opened. Quaker signatories include American Friends Service Committee, Canadian Friends Service Committee, Friends World Committee for Consultation – World Office, Quaker Council for European Affairs, Quaker Peace & Social Witness, Quaker Service and STOP FUELING WAR.
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