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Peace One Day was founded by British documentary filmmaker and actor Jeremy Gilley in September of 1999. The charity promotes the idea of one day a year free of conflict and war, one day of a global truce regardless of all kinds of conflict. The UN had already declared the third Tuesday of September the international day of peace in 1981. However initial success for the charity came on the 7th September 2001 when the United Nations passed a further resolution declaring 21st September the International Day of Peace with the additional aim of declaring a global ceasefire and...