Human Solidarity Day is the United
Nations (UN) observance and is observed on 20th December every year.
Meaning
Solidarity is an awareness of
shared interests, creating a sense of unity in societies. Cooperation and
solidarity can pursue the aim of the UN of lifting people out of poverty, hunger
and disease.
Theme and Purpose
The theme and basic purpose of
solidarity day are to eradicate poverty and promote the culture of cooperation,
equality and social justice, which tends to human and social development
particularly in developing countries.
On 22 December 2005, the General
Assembly of the United Nations revealed that solidarity is one of the basic
pillars of the relationship among people of the world in the twenty-first
century. The United Nations emphasized upon governments to maintain equality
and social justice among people for the eradication of poverty and decided to
celebrate 20 December of each year as International Human Solidarity Day.
International Human Solidarity Day Activities
- International Human Solidarity Day provides us with a bright opportunity to celebrate our unity in diversity.
- On this Day importance and needs of solidarity must be debated and discussed at proper forums.
- Solidarity is one of the basic tools for the eradication of poverty from society.
- This Day is also a reminder for governments to respect international agreements.
- On International Human Solidarity Day we must raise public awareness about the utmost significance of solidarity, in order to fulfil the desired targets of the United Nations for Sustainable Development Goals
Logo
The UN symbol of international Human Solidarity Day is the sketch of four humans encompassing the earth with their arms collectively. The sketches of humans are of different colors which is the symbol of unity and solidarity.