A/RES/76/68
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
16 December 2021
Seventy-sixth session
Agenda item 16
Culture of peace
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on
9 December 2021
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/76/L.19 and A/76/L.19/Add.1)]
76/68.
Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a
Culture of Peace
The General Assembly,
Bearing in mind the Charter of the United Nations, including the purposes and
principles contained therein, and especially the dedication to saving succeeding
generations from the scourge of war,
Recalling the Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization, which states that, “since wars begin in the minds of men, it is
in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed”,
Recognizing the importance of the Declaration and Programme of Action on a
Culture of Peace, adopted by the General Assembly on 13 September 1999, 1 which
serve as the universal mandate for the international community, particularly the
United Nations system, for the promotion of a culture of peace and non -violence that
benefits humanity, in particular future generations,
Recalling its previous resolutions on a culture of peace, in particular resolution
52/15 of 20 November 1997 proclaiming 2000 the International Year for the Culture
of Peace, resolution 53/25 of 10 November 1998 proclaiming the period 2001 –2010
the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of
the World, and resolutions 56/5 of 5 November 2001, 57/6 of 4 November 2002, 58/11
of 10 November 2003, 59/143 of 15 December 2004, 60/3 of 20 October 2005, 61/45
of 4 December 2006, 62/89 of 17 December 2007, 63/113 of 5 December 2008, 64/80
of 7 December 2009, 65/11 of 23 November 2010, 66/116 of 12 December 2011,
67/106 of 17 December 2012, 68/125 of 18 December 2013, 69/139 of 15 December
2014, 70/20 of 3 December 2015, 71/252 of 23 December 2016, 72/137 of
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