This year much of humanity will conduct the largest global observance of the International Day of Peace
ever today, or this week.
Thousands of organizations and people worldwide observe this occasion. Many events last for several days.
Some will start on this year’s 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001; others will continue through Oct. 2,
Gandhi’s birthday and the International Day of Non-Violence. One focal point across the entire planet
will be the minute of silence at noon, in all time zones worldwide, today as requested by Ban Ki-moon,
secretary general of the United Nations.
This year, the students and faculty at the Montessori School of Bowling Green will make and display
"Peace Flags" that the school community has made to express their wishes for peace.
The entire school gathered this morning to connect their peace flags and to display them at the school.

The International Day of Peace was established by a unanimous resolution of the United Nations in 1981.
Its mission is to provide a common time period for individuals, organizations and nations to create
practical acts of peace on or near a shared date, and to bring together efforts from around the world
whose ultimate focus is to promote peace and sustainability.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the International Day of Peace. In recent years, this observance
has included significant portions of humanity due to the proliferation of wireless technology, computers
and cell phones,
The United Nations announced earlier this year that the theme for this year’s International Day of Peace
2011 is "Make Your Voice Heard." In doing so it thanked the thousands of organizations who
have "institutionalized" this observance worldwide.