United Nations Day October 24th

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For more information, contact Deva Kaur Khalsa at NGO.

 

THE OFFICE OF 3HO NGO

 

Sat Nam!

Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Divine,

 

I respectfully forward you advance notice of the observation of

UNITED NATIONS DAY on OCTOBER 24th, Secretary General Ban ki moon's

message and a History of the United Nations Day which includes the

Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations.

 

United Nations Day was declared in 1947 by the United Nations General

Assembly to be 24th October, the anniversary of the coming into force

of the Charter of the United Nations. United Nations Day recognises

the United Nations Organization and all who serve and participate in

this world organization. United Nations Day aims to inform the

peoples of the world of the purpose and achievements of the United

Nations. The United Nations is dedicated to world peace and to the

betterment of humanity through a wide range of programmes from world

hunger to environment and health issues. The United Nations is an

instrument though which nations can identify common problems, set

international standards and take action. The UN is only as strong and

effective as it 193 member states make it. Citizens and Non

Governmental Organizations play an essential role in building public

support for the UN. Your United Nations Day observance can expand

that support in your community.

 

In 1971, the General Assembly recommended all nations to observe the

United Nations Day as a Public Holiday.

In Costa Rica, it is a National Holiday

In Denmark, Finland and Sweden, it is a flag day

In Norway, it is celebrated in many kindergartens and primary schools

The President of the United States issues a proclamation (since 1946)

This list is incomplete.

 

 

The Office of 3HO NGO gratefully requests your participation in

sharing this information with your yoga teachers, your yoga students,

your communities, your ashrams, your yoga studios and centres, and

with your electronic data bases.

 

Humbly in service,

Deva Kaur

 

" More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny.

We can master it only if we face it together. And that, my friends,

is why we have the United Nations " ,

 

" I believe that our world needs an instrument of global action as

never before in history. I believe that the United Nations is the

instrument for securing peace and for giving people everywhere, in

poorer countries as in richer, a real stake in that peace by

promoting development and encouraging cooperation. But the United

Nations is only an instrument, an actor in need of props and cues

from its directors. And so I will paraphrase Winston Churchill: Give

us the tools - the trust, the authority and the means - and we will

do the job " , Former Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi

Annan

 

" The United Nations is our one great hope for a peaceful and free

world " , Ralph J. Bunche, advisor to the U.S delegation for

the " Charter Conference " of the United Nations held in 1945, closely

involved in drafting the Charter of the United Nations, instrumental

in the creation and adoption of the UN Declaration of Human Rights,

awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950.

 

" Everything will be alright - you know when? When people, just

people, stop thinking of the United Nations as a weird Picasso

abstraction and see it as a drawing they made themselves " , Second

Secretary General of the United Nations, Dag Hammerskjold.

 

For copies of the Charter of the United Nations and/or further

information please e-mail NGO