In 1981, the United Nations Resolution established the International Day of Peace to coincide with th United Nations General Assembly. According to the Assembly, the International Day of Peace,

"will serve as a reminder to all peoples that our Organization, with all its limitations, is a living instrument in the service of peace and should serve all of us here within the Organization as a constantly pealing bell reminding us that our permanent commitment, above all interests or differences of any kind, is to peace. May this Peace Day indeed be a day of peace."