The School Day of Non-violence and Peace (or DENIP, acronym from Catalan: ''Dia Escolar de la No-violència i la Pau'') is an observance founded by the

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poet '' Llorenç Vidal Vidal'' in

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in 1964 as a starting point and support for a pacifying and

non-violent Nonviolence is the personal practice of not causing harm to others under any condition. It may come from the belief that hurting people, animals and/or the environment is unnecessary to achieve an outcome and it may refer to a general philosoph ...

education of a permanent character. Different as the first proposed by the

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"Armistice Day" in 1948, DENIP is observed on January 30 or thereabouts every year, on the anniversary of the death of

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, in schools all over the world. English translation by the "Majorca Daily Bulletin" (Majorca). In countries with a Southern Hemisphere school calendar, it can be observed on 30 March. Its basic and permanent message is: "Universal love, non-violence and peace. Universal love is better than

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, non-violence is better than violence, and peace is better than war". In Navarra the slogan for the 2009 was "above all, we are friends" (Spanish:"''Por encima de todo, somos amigos''"). DENIP and World Association of Early Childhood Educators (AMEI-WAECE) collaborate to celebrate this event in the schools of the latter worldwide. Former Director-General of UNESCO

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has been promoting during decades the School Day of Non-violence and Peace, saying in ''

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'': "We can not achieve a

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without a

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".Interview with Federico Mayor ZaragozaGlobal Education Magazine
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School Day of Non-violence and Peace (DENIP)

* [http://www.graines-de-paix.org/fr/journees_mondiales/autres_journees_mondiales_paix_non_violence_droits_humains/journee_scolaire_de_la_non_violence_et_de_la_paix_denip Graines de Paix: Journée Scolaire de la Non violence et de la Paix (DENIP) (fr)]
Global Education Magazine

Himno del Día Escolar de la No-violencia y la Paz (DENIP / DENYP)
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