A/HRC/39/31 40. The Paz Sin Fronteras foundation also played a fundamental role in mobilizing and raising awareness on the right to peace, which had ultimately led to adoption by the General Assembly of the Declaration on the Right to Peace. On the first anniversary of its adoption, Paz Sin Fronteras, the University for Peace and the UNESCO Chair on Peace, Solidarity and Intercultural Dialogue at Abat Oliba University had launched a book on the history of peace in the West, 4 exploring how various intellectuals and artists had expressed the meaning of living in peace. Through information and communication technologies, the foundation was also reaching out to younger generations and encouraged action to implement the Declaration. 41. Ms. Pochat recommended the creation of a forum for debate or a round table within the Council in order to allow civil society organizations to share best practices on educating for peace and finding peaceful solutions. In that context, she stressed the importance of ensuring a gender balance for participation at such events. Furthermore, she suggested that artists could become “ambassadors for peace” and create songs on the right to peace. Concerts and related videos could be shared on social media in order to generate awareness of how to reduce risks to peace. In addition, law schools could be encouraged to hold debates concerning the right to peace in conjunction with the University for Peace. 42. In the ensuing discussion, the representative of Cuba recalled that the preservation of the right to peace and the promotion of its implementation was a fundamental obligation of all States, which required policies for the elimination of the threat or use of war, in particular nuclear war, and an international system that was based on respect for the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and the promotion of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right to development and the right of peoples to self-determination. 43. The representative of the Spanish Society for International Human Rights Law reiterated the following civil society proposals, which had been made in September 2017: (a) States, the United Nations and its specialized agencies, funds and programmes should take appropriate sustainable measures to implement the Declaration on the Right to Peace, while international, regional, national and local organizations and civil society should actively participate in its implementation; (b) All States had to implement the provisions of the Declaration in good faith by adopting relevant legislative, judicial, administrative, educational and other measures necessary to promote its effective realization; (c) The Human Rights Council should monitor progress in the implementation of the Declaration as a permanent item on its agenda and should appoint a special rapporteur on the human right to peace; (d) The United Nations human rights treaty bodies and relevant regional bodies should incorporate the Declaration in their protection activities. 5 44. The representative of the Associazione Comunita Papa Giovanni XXIII encouraged each State to establish a ministry of peace, which could operate in the following areas: (a) Human rights, by providing a structure for fulfilling the duty to respect, protect and promote human rights and monitoring compliance with international standards; (b) Alternative dispute resolution and reconciliation, by promoting a comprehensive and human rights-based approach to dispute resolution in order to solve domestic and international disputes peacefully; (c) Peace culture and education, by promoting them as crucial tools to address the root causes of long-standing conflicts; 4 5 Miguel Bosé and David Fernández Puyana, History of Peace in the West (San José, 2017). See article 9 of the draft declaration proposed by civil society organizations on 20 September 2017, available at http://aedidh.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Draft-UN-Declaration-HRP-20.9.17.pdf. 9