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International day of friendship

International day of friendship

By Sita DahalPublished 3 years ago 4 min read
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International day of friendship
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In some lands, it is celebrated not on July 30 but on the first day of August. In some parts of the world, this day is celebrated on the first Sunday of August.

This international celebration was promoted by the World Friendship Crusade, an organization founded in 1958 in Puerto Pinasco, Paraguay by Drs. Ramon Artemio Bracho and his friends. The tradition began when the US Congress decided to organize a Friendship Day at the UNESCO Initiative, adopted in 1997 by the UN General Assembly. In 1998, Nane Annan, wife of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Winnie the Pooh was appointed Ambassador to the United Nations.

Since 2011, the United Nations has adopted July 30 as International Friendly Day, and other countries, including India, are celebrating the first Sunday in August. In 2011, the United Nations declared July 30 as World Friendly Day. The idea was that friendship could promote peace and bridges between people, countries, and cultures.

International Friendship Day was declared by the UN General Assembly in 2011 with the aim that friendships could promote peace and efforts to build bridges between communities, countries, cultures, and peoples. The United Nations General Assembly has declared the importance of inclusion, respect for diversity, and understanding of a better and more peaceful world on July 30, 2011.

One of the goals of International Day of Friendship is to close the gap between race, color, religion, and other factors that prevent people from forming close friendships with one another. At the heart of the development of strong friendships is the hope of developing a spirit of human unity. The concept of friendship as a means of communication has changed dramatically since the advent of the Internet and social media.

We build friendships in our communities, in our countries and around the world. International Friendship Day on July 30 encourages people to form friendships and build relationships with people from their own culture, country, and background.

Spending time with friends reduces stress and depression and brings happiness to our lives. Friendship is always a simple way to promote a spirit of unity, solidarity, and tolerance. When relationships between two people from different groups or in developing countries, they form the basis for understanding and peace in their country and in the future.

International Friendship Day is an international holiday celebrated on 30 July 2011. It was founded in the hope that the promotion of friendships between different peoples, cultures, and countries would promote global peace. The Day is the next step following a UNESCO proposal to define a culture of peace as a set of values, attitudes, and behavior that resists violence, which seeks to prevent conflict and address its root causes of conflict. The UN celebrates International Friendship Day to emphasize the importance of friendship in promoting peace among many cultures.

The United Nations has sought to create a day to educate today's youth about the importance of diversity and to promote understanding in different cultures. The decision was made to forge strong bonds of friendship with people of all backgrounds, regardless of race, religion, color, sex, or national origin.

World Friendship Day, also known as International Friendship Day, will be on July 30. The World Friendship Crusade began to promote the concept of World Friendship Day and Friendship Day and played a key role in persuading the United Nations to adopt and celebrate Friendship Day. be legal. Interest in the event has grown over the past decade as social media has seen it as an opportunity to honor friends and exchange gifts.

The concept of National Friendship Day was created by Joyce Hall in the 1930s, founder of Hallmark Cards, Inc. If you think that Friendship Day is one of those holidays designed to sell many greeting cards, you are not alone. Indeed, the Greeting Card National Association tried to promote the idea of “Friendship Day” in the 1920s, but customers did not buy it because it was an obvious plan. The first idea for Friendship Day came from Hallmark cards in 1930.

Today is a great day to reunite with your loved ones and renew your friendship. When COVID-19 reaches our shores, you may not see your friends as often as before, or not. On this day of the year, friends all over the world show appreciation for each other and remind you that they are your best shots.

For many of us, the focus is on day-to-day activities, providing for our families, and spending time with friends. Even if you have good friends, you may not have seen them for a long time.

A 2009 study of health outcomes in social relationships found that among 300 participants, people with fewer social interactions were more likely to develop mental illness.

The idea is to reduce the level of hatred and contempt that is spreading around the world, the kind we all want to share. Miscommunication, mistreatment, mistrust, discrimination, and cultural differences should be a priority for peace, not to mention globalization.

The power of friendship is a foreign power that reaches all cultural chambers around the world. The World Friendship Crusade is a platform that promotes friendship and community between people of all races, colors, and religions. AAFA celebrates diversity and promotes international understanding, which is a big part of our culture.

The World Friendship Crusade has campaigned at the United Nations for many years to honor July 30 as World Friendly Day. On May 20 the United Nations General Assembly decided to proclaim this International Friendship Day and invited member states to celebrate the cultural and cultural identity of their local, national, and regional communities, including education and awareness activities. The day is celebrated in Paraguay every year as Friendship Day and is accepted by many other countries. In Argentina, Brazil, [14] in Spain and Uruguay, July 20 is a day of friendship or friends day.

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Sita Dahal

Hello, I am Sita Dahal, I am an artist and love roaming around the globe.

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