International Day of Non-Violence

found: Work cat.: Gun or God, 2007:t.p. (UN declaring the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, 2nd October, as International Day of Non-Violence)

found: Resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, distributed 27 June 2007, viewed Aug. 27, 2008:p. 1, PDF document (A/RES/61/271; International Day of Non-Violence; decides, with effect from the sixty-second session of the General Assembly and guided by the Charter of the United Nations, to observe the International Day of Non-Violence on 2 October each year)

found: United Nations WWW web site, viewed Aug. 27, 2008:UN News Centre pages (15 June 2007; The United Nations General Assembly today decided to observe the International Day of Non-Violence each year on 2 October--the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi)