Rev. Danny Fisher

This from the Txt4Peace Facebook page, courtesy of Simone Eymann:

The International Day of Peace, established by the United Nations in 1981, is devoted to the commemoration and strengthening of the ideals of peace. In 2001, the organization set 21 September as a day of the annual observance of a global ceasefire and non-violence.

People from all over the world celebrate the International Day of Peace in many different ways to show what a difference just one day of peace can make. In 2007, more than 100 million people were active in 192 countries. Initiatives to raise greater awareness of this important day are launched every year. For more info see www.un.org/events/peaceday/2008.

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Text ‘PEACE’ + your [pwn personal] message to 69866 (160 characters max, only in the U.S.), or go to peaceday2008.org to view messages or send one online from anywhere in the world!

We’ll pass it on to the world’s leaders when they meet at the United Nations in New York on 23 September!

Mark your calendar, join the campaign and tell everybody about it!

According to the Associated Press, members of Nobel Peace laureate and Prime Minister-elect Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party have written a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asking that their representatives elected to parliament in 1990 be recognized in place of those from the ruling military junta. The junta held general elections in 1990, two years after seizing power and crushing a democratic uprising, but refused to cede power to Suu Kyi and the NLD.

Despite an apology yesterday by President Lee Myung-bak for the perceived pro-Christian/anti-Buddhist bias in government, all is not yet well in South Korea, according to The Hankyoreh: “Buddhists praised Lee’s statement for its sincerity, but are still strongly demanding that Korea National Police Chief Eo Cheong-soo be sacked, focusing attention on whether Buddhists will hold [even more] regional rallies after the Chuseok holiday.”