United Nations General Assembly A/RES/58/11 Distr.: General 20 November 2003 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 44 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 10 November 2003 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/58/L.14 and Add.1)] 58/11. International Decade for a Culture of Peace and NonViolence for the Children of the World, 2001–2010 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, Recalling the Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, which states that, “since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed”, Recalling also its previous resolutions on a culture of peace, in particular resolution 52/15 of 20 November 1997 proclaiming 2000 as the International Year for the Culture of Peace, resolution 53/25 of 10 November 1998 proclaiming the period 2001–2010 as the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and NonViolence for the Children of the World, resolution 56/5 of 5 November 2001 and resolution 57/6 of 4 November 2002, Reaffirming the Declaration 1 and Programme of Action 2 on a Culture of Peace, recognizing that they serve, inter alia, as the basis for the observance of the Decade, and convinced that the effective and successful observance of the Decade throughout the world will promote a culture of peace and non-violence that benefits humanity, in particular future generations, Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 3 which calls for the active promotion of a culture of peace, Taking note of Commission on Human Rights resolution 2000/66 of 26 April 2000, entitled “Towards a culture of peace”, 4 _______________ 1 Resolution 53/243 A. Resolution 53/243 B. 3 See resolution 55/2. 4 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2000, Supplement No. 3 and corrigendum (E/2000/23 and Corr.1), chap. II, sect. A. 2 03 45357