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P J Williamson Esq
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Reference
Hong Kong and General Department
INTERNATIONAL DAY AND YEAR OF PEACE
Hire
022/3
CGE
No
29/3 1 Pim 29/3:
1. You may wish to see the attached copy of the reply we sent on behalf of the Prime Minister to a similar letter from Dr Young Seek Choue.
2.
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The General Assembly resolution declared the third Tuesday of September as International Day of Peace. An international year of peace is to be further considered by ECOSOC next month. We voted for the GA resolution (36/67) to avoid breaking the consensus, to support Costa Rica (whose initiative it is), and to draw the string of the domestic peace lobby.
3. International Years and Commemorative Days are a regular feature of the UN calendar and are becoming devalued. We have no enthusiasm for them generally. We would not expect to do more to mark the Day of Peace than a speech at the UN.
Seelib
22 March 1982
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M G Hilson
United Nations Department K 154
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