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The International Day of Peace
is sometimes called World Peace Day.
It is celebrated on September 21 every year.
This special day is dedicated to world peace.
The UN* General Assembly started
the International Day of Peace in 1981.
“On this day, in the lead-up to the Day of Peace,
I am asking all partners to lend their voices
to this call for a laying down of arms,
and to work non-stop
in the days to come to bring about
a 24-hour cease-fire on September 21st,”
says Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Mr. Ban is the eighth Secretary-General of the UN.
*UN means United Nations