16 September 1996



NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS PEACE BELL RINGING CEREMONY TO BE HELD ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE

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The Peace Bell Ringing Ceremony will take place on Tuesday, 17 September, at 9:30 a.m., at the site of the Peace Bell.

The Secretary-General, representatives of Member States and from the World Peace Bell Association will be present.

In 1981, the General Assembly declared that the third Tuesday of September, the opening day of the Assembly's regular session each year, "shall be officially dedicated and observed as the International Day of Peace and shall be devoted to commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace both within and among all nations and peoples" (resolution 36/67).

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