A/RES/72/130
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
15 January 2018
Seventy-second session
Agenda item 15
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 8 December 2017
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/72/L.26 and A/72/L.26/Add.1)]
72/130.
International Day of Living Together in Peace
The General Assembly,
Bearing in mind the Charter of the United Nations, including the purposes and
principles contained therein, and especially the dedication to saving succeeding
generations from the scourge of war,
Recognizing the importance of the Declaration and Programme of Action on a
Culture of Peace, 1 which serve as the universal mandate for the international
community, particularly the United Nations system, for the promotion of a culture of
peace and non-violence that benefits humanity, in particular future generations,
Recalling its previous resolutions on a culture of peace, in particular resolution
52/15 of 20 November 1997 proclaiming 2000 the International Year for the Culture
of Peace, resolution 53/25 of 10 November 1998 proclaiming the period 2001–2010
the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non -Violence for the Children of
the World, and resolution 71/252 of 23 December 2016, adopted under its agenda item
entitled “Culture of peace”,
Recalling also its resolution 70/109 of 10 December 2015, entitled “A world
against violence and violent extremism”, and resolution 71/249 of 22 December 2016,
entitled “Promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and
cooperation for peace”,
Reaffirming its resolutions 53/199 of 15 December 1998 and 61/185 of
20 December 2006 on the proclamation of international years and Economic and
Social Council resolution 1980/67 of 25 July 1980 on international years and
anniversaries, in particular paragraphs 1 to 10 of the annex thereto on the agreed
criteria for the proclamation of international years, as well as paragraphs 13 and 14,
in which it is stated that an international da y or year should not be proclaimed before
the basic arrangements for its organization and financing have been made,
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