International Day of Nonviolence
The International Day of Non-Violence (English: International day of non-violence ) is held annually on October 2 committed.
history
The day of remembrance was decided by the General Assembly of the United Nations on June 15, 2007 in resolution A / RES / 61/271.
The day was chosen because Mahatma Gandhi , the leader of the Indian independence movement , who made non-violence and non-violent resistance or civil disobedience a principle in political disputes, was born on October 2, 1869.
Indian Foreign Minister Anand Sharma, who introduced the resolution to the General Assembly, said the idea of introducing Remembrance Day came about at a conference held in New Delhi in January 2007 that looked at Gandhi's thinking in the 21st century had ( Peace, Non-Violence and Empowerment - Gandhian Philosophy in the 21st Century ).
Web links
- International Day of Non-Violence - United Nations website for International Day of Non-Violence
Individual evidence
- ↑ United Nations General Assembly: A / RES / 61/271: International Day of Non-Violence . Issued June 27, 2007. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
- ↑ a b UN declares October 2nd, Gandhi's birthday, as International Day of Non-Violence . UN press release. June 15, 2007. Retrieved October 2, 2012.