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Presented by Mr. Udin
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WHEREAS, today, Tuesday, September 21, 2004, The Interfaith Center of Carlow University hosts its second annual International Day of Peace through prayer, poetry, music, youth peace camp, peace walk, and dialogue for inroads to peace with ecumenical patrons and the community-at-large; and
WHEREAS, today marks the 22nd inaugural anniversary of the International Day of Peace, the third Tuesday of September, 1982, United Nations (U.N.) Resolution 36/67, which was passed in 1981; and
WHEREAS, Resolution 36/37 was amended in 2001 by U.N. Resolution 55/282 to permanently set the Day of Peace as September 21st each year thereafter to promote peace within and among all nations in a day of ceasefire and nonviolence; and
WHEREAS, more than 1,000 United States citizens have died in the war being fought in Iraq [as of September 17, 2004, Department of Defense website]; and
WHEREAS, in the City of Pittsburgh there have already been 57 homicides in 2004 [as of September 14, 2004, Allegheny County Coroner's Office], causing City neighbors to cry out for peace in the streets of our communities.
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NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Pittsburgh City Council hereby joins the nation with The Interfaith Center of Carlow University to implement strategies that move our city, our nation, the world to a more peaceful place to live, work, play and worship.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that today, Tuesday, September 21, 2004 be hereby declared "International Day of Peace" in the City of Pittsburgh.