In 1983, Pathways To Peace (PTP) inaugurated an Initiative to coordinate the International Day of Peace and Peacebuilding activities with members of civil society representing diverse organisations. Robert Muller, then Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, approved this Initiative. The following year, citizens in over 52 countries became participants in this Initiative. In 1989, UN Secretary-General Perez de Cuellar granted status of Peace Messenger Initiative to the "WE THE PEOPLES" INITIATIVE (NOW-CULTURE OF PEACE INITITATIVE).

Since its inception, the Culture of Peace Initiative (CPI) has continued to serve as a community of forerunners in the emerging field of Peacebuilding, to give evidence that Peace is a practical reality and necessity in the 21st century.

The annual highlight of the CPI, the International Day of Peace (Peace Day) - September 21 - marks our personal and planetary progress toward Peace, and reminds us that our commitment-- above all interests or differences of any kind-- is to Peace.

Beginning in 1983, at the request of the Office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Pathways To Peace has submitted a CPI Annual Report to the UN, summarizing the Peace Day activities of Participating Organisations, Individuals and Groups worldwide. CPI is global/local, inter-generational and multicultural.

Acting in concert, we DO make a difference in the quality of our lives,
our institutions, our environment and our planetary future.
Through co-operation,
we manifest the essential Spirit that unites us amidst our diverse ways.