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International Day of Peace -21 September 2005
21 September 2004 is the fourth International Day of Peace. The United Nations General Assembly decided (in resolution 55/282) on 7 September 2001 that, beginning in 2002, the International Day of Peace should be observed on 21 September each year. The Assembly declared that the Day be observed as a day of global ceasefire and non-violence, an invitation to all nations and people to honour a cessation of hostilities during the International Day of Peace. It invited all UN member states, organisations of the United Nations system, regional and non-governmental organisations and individuals to commemorate the Day in an appropriate manner, including through education and public awareness, and to cooperate with the United Nations in establishing a global ceasefire.
Source: UN Department of Public Information.
Website on domestic violence
Nari Jibon domestic violence website is launched some days ago which provides information on domestic violence programmes in both Bangladesh and USA: http://www.siu.edu/~narijibon/DADV.htm
As part of ALO-USAID grant on domestic violence from 2003-2005, a website has generated which combines information, links, and connections on domestic violence programmes and shelters in Bangladesh with links to South Asian programmes and shelters in the USA. The Bangladesh information is organised in
- Downloadable Bangla and English brochures,
- Links to specific programmes-shelters-websites (including phone numbers, emails, and web pages when available), and
- A list of English language news articles, research, and websites on domestic violence in Bangladesh, South Asians in USA, and some international websites.
- It also has organised the USA shelters-programmes alphabetically by state and provided addresses, phone numbers, emails, and web pages when available.
