World Cultivate A Culture Of Peace

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the world to “cultivate a culture of peace” in a speech at an annual ceremony to ring the Peace Bell.

The event took place at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Friday. The UN chief rings the bell every year ahead of the International Day of Peace on September 21.

The Peace Bell was donated by a Japanese peace activist from the western prefecture of Ehime, in 1954. The bell was cast from coins given by more than 60 countries.Guterres then called for the world “to cultivate a culture of peace,” and expressed hope this call “may ring out around the world.” He offered a moment of silence and rang the bell.