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United Nations Declares June 21 as 'International Day of Yoga'
New York: The United Nations General Assembly today adopted an India-led resolution declaring June 21 as 'International Day of Yoga'. This comes less than three months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed the idea.
It was introduced by India's Ambassador to the United Nations Asoke Mukerji today and had 175 nations joining as co-sponsors, the highest number ever for any resolution in the 193-member UN Genral Assembly. This is also for the first time that such an initiative has been proposed and implemented by any country in the UN body in less than 90 days.
PM Modi tweeted he was 'elated' at the UN declaration:
Elated! Have no words to describe my joy on the @UN declaring 21st June as 'International Day of Yoga.’ I fully welcome the decision.
United Nations Declares June 21 as 'International Day of Yoga'
New York: The United Nations General Assembly today adopted an India-led resolution declaring June 21 as 'International Day of Yoga'. This comes less than three months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed the idea.
It was introduced by India's Ambassador to the United Nations Asoke Mukerji today and had 175 nations joining as co-sponsors, the highest number ever for any resolution in the 193-member UN Genral Assembly. This is also for the first time that such an initiative has been proposed and implemented by any country in the UN body in less than 90 days.
PM Modi tweeted he was 'elated' at the UN declaration:
Elated! Have no words to describe my joy on the @UN declaring 21st June as 'International Day of Yoga.’ I fully welcome the decision.
United Nations Declares June 21 as 'International Day of Yoga'
