Global Family Day

Global Family Day

Global Family Day, (One Day of Peace and Sharing Every January First) was first celebrated on January 1 2000 with a special ceremony between Israeli and Palestinian families, at a refugee camp in Nablus. Later that year, noting that the first day of the 2000s was an extremely peaceful time, (despite widespread fears of terrorism, rioting, computer system failures, etc) the United States Congress unanimously voted to establish the first day of every year as a special time of peace and sharing. (S.Con.Res. 138). In 2001, the United Nations General Assembly followed suit, also recommending that all Member states recognize the new holiday (UNRes. 56/2) To date more than 20 heads of state and many ambassadors have endorsed Global Family Day.

Present and former Heads of State in support

Fatos Thanas Nano, Albania

Eduardo Alberto Duhalde, Argentina

Georgi Parvanov, Bulgaria

Galfcos Clerides, Cyprus

Girma Woldegiorgis, Ethiopia

Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh, Gambia

Alfonso Portillo Cabrera, Guatemala

Carlos Roberto Reina, Honduras

Ferenc Madl, Hungary

Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, Iceland

Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwait

Einars Repse, Latvia

Branko Crvenkovski, Macedonia

Marc Ravalomanana, Madagascar

Maaouya Ould Sid’ AhmedTaya, Mauritania

Joaquim Alberto Chissano, Mozambique

Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Philippines

Ion Iliescu, Romania

Milan Kucan, Slovenia

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia

Bill Clinton, United States

George W. Bush, United States

106-109th United States Congress sponsors of the peace-seeking holiday

GLOBAL FAMILY DAY, One Day of Peace and Sharing Every January first

enate

Wellstone (Chief Sponsor)ReidKennedy*LiebermanLandrieu*LevinMoynihanInouye* (Chief Sponsor)Coleman*AkakaFeinstein

House of Representatives

BlumenauerBrown, C*Carson*ChandlerChristiansen*CleaverConyers (Chief Sponsor)*CrowleyCummings**DavisEnglishEvans**Filner*Frost*GrangerGreenGrijalvaGutierrezHallHincheyHondaJackson**Jackson Lee**JonesKanjorskiKapturKilpatrickKucinich (chief sponsor)**LaFalceLantos*LeeMcDermottMcGovernMcKinneyMeeks*Millender-McDonaldMorellaNadler*NapolitanoNorton**Owens**PallonePascrellPayne*RangelSandersSchakowskySchiffSerranoSmith, A.SolisTownsShermanUdallUdallVan HollenWalshWatsonWattWexlerWynn*

Committee Chairs

HatchGilmanHydeSpecter *sponsored more than once

External links

* [http://www.gfday.org Global Family Day web site]
* [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.+Con.+Res.+72: Congressional Resolution 72]
* [http://www.un.org/ga/president/60/summitfollowup/060609e.pdf UN Resolution]


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