BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//InvisionCommunity Events 5.0.10//EN METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN REFRESH-INTERVAL:PT15M X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT15M X-WR-CALNAME:Network Calendar NAME:Network Calendar BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:https://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20190331T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20191027T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:International Day of Conscience DTSTAMP:20221223T165639Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:260-7-014e54df8e55db0ddedbc25b476240ab@moraga.se ORGANIZER;CN="Julio Moraga":julio@moraga.se DESCRIPTION:\n (A/RES/73/329)\n\n\n\n The preamble to the Universal Decl aration of Human Rights states that \"disregard and contempt for human rig hts have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of humankind\, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy fr eedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclai med as the highest aspiration of the common people.\" Moreover\, article 1 of the Declaration states that \"all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and are endowed with reason and conscience and shou ld act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.\"\n\n\n\n The task of the United Nations to save future generations from the scourge of war r equires transformation towards a culture of peace\, which consists of valu es\, attitudes and behaviors that reflect and inspire social interaction a nd sharing based on the principles of freedom\, justice and democracy\, al l human rights\, tolerance and solidarity\, that reject violence and endea vor to prevent conflicts by tackling their root causes to solve problems t hrough dialogue and negotiation and that guarantee the full exercise of al l rights and the means to participate fully in the development process of their society.\n\n\n\n Conscious of the need for the creation of condition s of stability and well-being and peaceful and friendly relations based on respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinc tion as to race\, sex\, language or religion\, the General Assembly declar ed 5 April the International Day of Conscience.\n\n\n\n The General Assemb ly invited all Member States\, organizations of the United Nations system and other international and regional organizations\, as well as the privat e sector and civil society\, including non-governmental organizations and individuals\, to build the Culture of Peace with Love and Conscience in ac cordance with the culture and other appropriate circumstances or customs o f their local\, national and regional communities\, including through qual ity education and public awareness-raising activities\, thereby fostering sustainable development.\n\n\n\n Origins of a Culture of Peace\n\n The con cept of a culture of peace emerged from the International Congress on Peac e in the Minds of Men\, organized by the United Nations Educational\, Scie ntific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Côte d'Ivoire in July 1989. Since then\, the promotion of a culture of peace has increasingly been see n as a worthwhile objective of the international community. The evolving c oncept has inspired activities at so many levels and in so many regions wi th the full participation of civil society that the culture of peace is gr adually taking on the characteristics of a global movement.\n\n\n\n Within the United Nations system\, the concept dates back to the Constitution of the United Nations Educational\, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UN ESCO)\, adopted more than 50 years ago\, wherein that organization is call ed upon to construct the defenses of peace in the minds of men because \"a peace based exclusively upon the political and economic arrangements of G overnments would not be a peace which could secure the unanimous\, lasting and sincere support of the peoples of the world\, and ... peace must ther efore be founded\, if it is not to fail\, upon the intellectual and moral solidarity of mankind\".\n\n\n\n Building a Culture of Peace\n\n The task of constructing a culture of peace requires comprehensive educational\, cu ltural\, social and civic action\, in which each person has something to l earn and something to give and share. It addresses all ages and all groups \; it is an open-minded global strategy with a specific purpose\, namely\, to make a culture of peace inseparable from culture per se and to take ro ot in people's hearts and minds. Peace is not only the absence of differen ces and conflicts. It is a positive\, dynamic\, participatory process link ed intrinsically to democracy\, justice and development for all by which d ifferences are respected\, dialogue is encouraged and conflicts are consta ntly transformed by non-violent means into new avenues of cooperation.\n\n \n\n Based on this broadest and most positive meaning of peace\, a culture of peace is a set of values\, attitudes\, traditions and customs\, modes of behavior and ways of life that reflect and are directed towards respect for life\, for human beings and their rights\, the rejection of violence in all its forms\, the recognition of the equal rights of men and women\, the recognition of the rights of everyone to freedom of expression\, opini on and information\, attachment to the principles of democracy\, freedom\, justice\, development for all\, tolerance\, solidarity\, pluralism and ac ceptance of differences and understanding between nations\, between ethnic \, religious\, cultural and other groups and between individuals.\n\n\n\n The UN and a Culture of Peace\n\n The United Nations Educational\, Scienti fic and Cultural Organization and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizat ions play an important role in fostering intercultural dialogue. They cond uct activities related to the culture of peace and non-violence and make e fforts in promoting a culture of peace through a number of practical proje cts in the areas of youth\, education\, media and migration\, in collabora tion with governments\, international organizations\, foundations and civi l society groups\, as well as the media and the private sector.\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190405 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR