International Day of Conscience

Within the United Nations system , the Focal Point on Youth aims to build an awareness of the global situation of young people , as well as promote their rights and aspirations. The Focal Point also works towards greater participation of young people in decision-making as a means of achieving peace and development. The Focal Point on Youth works to: Enhance awareness of the global situation of youth and increase recognition of the rights and aspirations of youth; Promote national youth policies , national youth coordinating mechanisms and national youth programmes of action as integral parts of social and economic development, in cooperation with both governmental and non-governmental organizations; and Strengthen the participation of youth in decision-making processes at all levels in order to increase their impact on national development and international cooperation. Many countries have established youth policies, using the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Yea...

  What is peace education? The essence of peace education is to teach people of the world how to work together and collaborate to solve challenges. It should not be restricted by political, economic or cultural boundaries. Today’s young people make friends and work with each other very easily. This is what peace education should be based on – a culture of peace instead of political conditions. We have fought and suffered from wars in the 19th and 20th centuries. Now it is the 21st century, and we must think of the future we want. There has been a lot of job-oriented education that is driven by professional activities that focus on how to make money. However, to me peace education is about what kind of human beings we want to become, the concept of well-being, and the thinking process that leads to decision-making in the right directions. When it comes to peace education, we must move beyond the definitions in social science textbooks. Peace is a mental state that should be concept...

                                          The concept of a culture of peace emerged from the International Congress on Peace in the Minds of Men , organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Côte d'Ivoire in July 1989. Since then the promotion of a culture of peace has increasingly been seen as a worthwhile objective of the international community. The evolving concept has inspired activities at so many levels and in so many regions with the full participation of civil society that the culture of peace is gradually taking on the characteristics of a global movement. Within the United Nations system, the concept dates back to the Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), adopted more than 50 years ago, wherein that organization is called upon to construct the defences of pe...