UN celebrates International Day of Peace to mark 'recovering world for better'
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Each year the UN comes up with a theme that supports the idea of the International Day of Peace to mark this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace.
New Delhi: The United Nations General Assembly in 1981 laid the foundation of the International Day of Peace. After two decades, in 2001, the General Assembly unanimously voted to designate the Day as a period of non-violence and cease-fire.
Since 2002, all over the globe, September 21 of every year is commemorated as the International Day of Peace. Each year the UN comes up with a theme that supports the idea of the International Day of Peace and marks this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace.
Since the world is healing from the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s theme for the International Day of Peace is: Recovering better for an equitable and sustainable world.
On the occasion of #InternationalDayOfPeace, let’s take a pledge to spread peace & harmony to make this world a better place. pic.twitter.com/lvD8d1mtAI
