The event was created in correspondence with the UN`s resolution of 1986: celebrating the International Year of Peace. On November 30, 1981, 157 member states unanimously passed a proposal submitted by Costa Rica to establish "International Year of Peace," which was requested by the International Association of University Presidents in the 36th UN General Assembly. The UN resolution proclaimed the
third Tuesday of September (currently September 21st) as "International Day of Peace," while the 37th UN General Assembly proclaimed 1986 as "International Year of Peace". Such decision by the UN became a turning point in dismantling the Cold War and ceasing the ideological conflicts in the
East and West. World Miss University Organizing Committee, which is registered as a non-profit private organization under Korea Foreign Affairs and Trade (Article 49- The Peace Mission of World Miss University), is a private organization headquartered in the Republic of Korea. To increase the efficiency of reaching the primary objects of the World Miss University Peace Corps, the World Miss University Organizing Committee decided (*86.5.10) to establish a contest to celebrate the announcement of the UN`s "International Year". Until today, twenty-three World Miss University has held and contributed to promote the world peace under the objectives of "the Peace Movement for the World*s Unification," "One World, Humanity as Brothers and Sisters," "Environment Movement of Humanity to survive on Earth." According to the objectives and purposes of World Miss University organizing committee, it will deal with the world peace, services and other relating matters prudently in future.
