100-day countdown to International Peace Day

United Nations, New York, 12 June 2009 - Noon briefing by the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. On 13 June 2009, the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will launch the WMD-WeMustDisarm multiplatform campaign, beginning the 100-day countdown to the International Day of Peace.

The General Assembly decided to commemorate the day annually on 21 September as a day of global ceasefire and non-violence. This year, the theme focuses on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.

Joining the Secretary-General in promoting the campaign are:
* UN Messenger of Peace and Academy Award-winning actor and producer Michael Douglas, who has championed the cause of disarmament for the UN since 1998; and
* Rainn Wilson, featured actor in the American television comedy, "The Office", who has more than 800,000 followers on Twitter;

Over the next 100 days leading up to 21 September, they, along with the Secretary-General, will raise awareness of the costs and dangers of nuclear weapons by issuing a daily message, via Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, email and radio, urging the world to disarm. The Secretary-General is taking the lead by issuing the first 10 tweets of the campaign.

We would also like to encourage any one wishing to get involved to send tweets on nuclear disarmament and non proliferation, re-tweet the Secretary-Generals messages, sign up to dedicated Facebook or MySpace pages, or all of the above.

In his message to mark the 100-day countdown to the International Day of Peace, the Secretary-General said, As we observe the International Day of Peace with world leaders gathered in New York for the 64th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, I will proclaim one strong, simple message: We Must Disarm!

Secretary-General's message:
http://www.un.org/sg/peacedaymessage2009.shtml

UN Messengers of Peace web site, Michael Douglas:
http://www.un.org/sg/mop/douglas.shtml

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• United Nations
• UN
• Ban Ki-moon
• Secretary-General
• Michael Douglas
• Rainn Wilson
• The Office
• Twitter
• Facebook
• MySpace
• Desarmament
• Non Proliferation
• 21 September

[cdo29mike]

UN is a joke and disarm will never work.

[PeaceDaySept21]

A timely issue to focus on. We Must Disarm!

Support Peace Day on Facebook!

[RebelsLiberator]

We Must Disarm.Ill back that also.Psst!Spread the word!