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Jonathan
Lee, Youth Humanitarian Environmentalist, Promotes Peace Suggests the
Creation of International Children’s Peace Day
Jonathan
Lee, a 14 year-old youth from Mississippi (USA) wants to
suggest peace to the leaders of the U.S., South Korea,
North Korea (DPRK) and China.It will soon be one year since Jonathan went into
North Korea to suggest to Kim Jong Il the creation of a
Children’s Peace Forest in the DMZ.
Recently,
Jonathan Lee returned from Washington, D.C., where he
talked to some senators and/or their aides regarding the
Children’s Peace Forest.A direct result of the talks has been the idea for
a day of remembrance and a day of activity to promote
peace for the sake of children around the world in areas
of conflict, in particular, on the Korean peninsula.The idea for International Children’s Peace Day
was presented to members of the DPRK Mission to the U.N.
Just as
he did in Washington, D.C., Jonathan would like to speak
to the political leaders in the Korean congress.It is his wish to make several suggestions:
1.Have Korean Children’s Peace Talks on
March 21
2.Make March 21, Int’l Children’s Peace
Day
3.Plant the DMZ Children’s Peace Forest
March 21,
2012 is an important inaugural day for International
Children’s Peace Day because it will be the official
first day of spring.Spring
usually represents rebirth or renewal.It is a perfect time for hope; hope for a change in
areas of conflict.Hope
for those affected by conflict.Ideally, it would be a day when children from North
and South Korea get together and
start a new day.That
is, a new day for Korea and a new day for other areas in
conflict.
The date
also represents unity: 3-2-1.Three to one – it represents going from being
individual (3) to being united (1).
International
Children’s Peace Day is a day to remember children that
are in areas of conflict.Especially for those children separated on the
Korean peninsula.Jonathan
is trying to stop or at the very least, bring greater
awareness to this tragedy. He
will be campaigning for International Children’s Peace
day for three days.
RESOLUTION
Recognizing and supporting
International Children’s Peace Day on March 21 of each
year hereafter.
Whereas, beginning in 2002, the
United Nations has designated September 21 of each year as
the International Day of Peace, let March 21 be known as
the day of International Children’s Peace; with these
dates being 6 months apart.
Whereas, on this day in 1349 three
thousand Jews were killed in Black Death riots in Efurt,
Germany.
Whereas,
on this day in 1960 in the black township of Sharpeville
in Transvaal, South Africa, Afrikaner police open fire on
a group of peaceful black demonstrators, killing
sixty-nine people and wounding nearly two hundred in a
hail of sub-machine gunfire.
Whereas, on this day in 1963, Martin Luther King Jr., begins his
march from Selma to Montgomery, AL.
Whereas, while the United Nations
dedicates the International Day of Peace to the cessation
of hostilities and nonviolence, and calls upon all Nations
and people to commemorate the day appropriately, including
through educational efforts, and public awareness, let the
International Children’s Peace Day be a day of awareness
for the children and youth affected by hostile adult
actions including war, kidnapping, sexual slavery, human
trafficking and land mine accidents, etc.
Whereas, the establishment of
a Children’s Peace Forest & Park in areas of
conflict would serve multiple purposes including:
·Convert an area of land
from hostile use to productive and peaceful purposes
·Provide
a place for children and youth from the areas in conflict
to peacefully interact (i.e., park and/or playground).
·Plant food-bearing trees
for the benefit of those who visit the park
·Provide an area to learn
about the similarities and differences of each region in
conflict.
Whereas,
while visiting and working in the CPFP, young people will
become re-connected with their natural environment in
order to give them the resources and tools with which to
make intelligent decisions about their environmental
responsibilities toward themselves and the earth.They will learn to work together toward the
mutually beneficial goals of peace and environmental
stewardship.
Whereas, the motto for International
Children’s Peace Day will be the same as for the
Children’s Peace Forest & Park project: Above
Politics, Above Conflicts, Above Borders, Above Ideology
– It’s all about giving hope to the people and
children around the world. Now, therefore, be it
•Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) expresses its support for the ideals celebrated on
International Children’s Peace Day, which is to be
observed each year on March 21;
(2) supports bringing awareness to
International Children’s Peace Day and continuing
efforts to raise global awareness of the goals of Peace
Day and to engage all sectors of society in the peaceful
observance of the International Children’s Peace Day and
the International Day of Peace , in accordance with United
Nations General Assembly Resolution 55/282 of September 7,
2001, including work with United Nations agencies and
non-governmental organizations to promote life-saving and
humanitarian activities on Peace Day; and
(3) encourages people in the United States to observe
International Children’s Peace Day, March 21, with
appropriate programs, ceremonies, and educational
activities, in order to raise awareness of the need for
peaceful resolution of conflicts of all kinds affecting
children.
(4) supports the creation of a
Children’s Peace Forest & Park in areas of conflict.
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