Message of peace sent out by Guyanese students.

Georgetown- The young Guyanese students of New Amsterdam has taken up an intiative to send out greetings cards with the message of peace as the world celebrate International Peace Day. The cards will be sent to children in Egypt who are in the midst of a serious civil unrest.President Barack Obama, the most recent recipient of theNobel Peace Prize, is scheduled toaddress the United Nations’ General Assembly this year on September 21st, the 30th Anniversary of the International Day of Peace. Many heads of state will also be addressing the General Assembly on this day; and it is expected that Laura Chinchilla Miranda, the President of Costa Rica, will be speaking about the International Day of Peace. Costa Rica not only officially recognizes this occasion, but was also the country to introduce the original resolution creating this day, in 1981.

Peace Week 2011,was inspired byPathways To Peaceand is a special program of theCulture of Peace Initiative; it occurs from September 15- 21.