Whereas the preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights says that disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of humankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people ; Whereas the Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) reminds us that a peace based exclusively upon the political and economic arrangements of Governments would not be a peace which could secure the unanimous, lasting and sincere support of the peoples of the world, and the peace must therefore be founded, if it is not to fail, upon the intellectual and moral solidarity of mankind ; Whereas the 2022 Global Peace Index found peacefulness has declined year-on-year for 11 of the last 14 years; Whereas the 2022 Global Peace Index also noted a persistent decrease in the world’s peacefulness and that global violence cost $16.5 trillion in 2021; Whereas strengthening and supporting domestic and global efforts to study, discuss, teach, and develop techniques and methods to encourage and augment global peace efforts is a critical international goal; Whereas, on November 30, 1981, during the 77th plenary meeting, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution to declare the third Tuesday of September as the International Day of Peace; Whereas nearly 20 years later, the United Nations General Assembly adopted A/RES/55/282, which officially designated September 21 as a global day to recognize and celebrate international cease-fire and nonviolence; Whereas, in 2001, the United Nations Economic and Social Council Organization proclaimed November 10 as World Science Day for Peace and Development