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International Day of Living Together in Peace

Name: International Day of Living Together in Peace
Start: 2026-05-16T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-05-16
Location: Austria

International Day of Living Together in Peace is held on May 16. Adopted by the UN on December 8, 2017. This event in the second decade of the month May is annual.

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16 May - International Day of Living Together in Peace

Living together in peace is all about accepting differences and having the ability to listen to, recognize, respect and appreciate others, as well as living in a peaceful and united way.

The UN General-Assembly, in its resolution 72/130, declared 16 May the International Day of Living Together in Peace, as a means of regularly mobilizing the efforts of the international community to promote peace, tolerance, inclusion, understanding and solidarity. The Day aims to uphold the desire to live and act together, united in differences and diversity, in order to build a sustainable world of peace, solidarity and harmony.

The Day invites countries to further promote reconciliation to help to ensure peace and sustainable development, including by working with communities, faith leaders and other relevant actors, through reconciliatory measures and acts of service and by encouraging forgiveness and compassion among individuals.

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