International Decade for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World

On 10 November 1998 the General Assembly of the United Nations has declared the first decade of the 21st century and the third millennium, the years 2001-2010 as the International Decade for a Culture of Nonviolence and peace for the world's children.

On 29 November 2000, the UN General Assembly has decided to transfer the coordination of UNESCO for the " activities of the organisms of the United Nations, which have the task of spreading a culture of peace and to ensure the connection between other interested organizations. »

The Programme of Action for the Decade, held at the UN General Assembly on 29 November 2000, proposes eight fields of action prior to the dissemination of the culture of peace:

• Promote and deepen the culture of peace through education and training
• Promote economic and social sustainable development
• Promote respect for all human rights
• Granting of equal rights between men and women
• Promotion of democratic participation
• Development of understanding, tolerance and solidarity
• Promoting active and the free exchange of information and knowledge
• Promotion of peace and international security.

Since 2001, emerged in several countries national networks for the decade, for example, in France, Austria, the Netherlands and Italy. These national networks have joined forces with a number of international organizations on June 2003, the International Coalition for the Decade.

The Decade to Overcome Violence (English: Decade to Overcome Violence, DOV) was in December 1998 at the eighth assembly of the World Council of Churches ( WCC) in Harare / Zimbabwe for the ten-year period from 2001 to 2010, a program decided.