Friendship Day

Friendship Day

The United Nations, July 31 (APP): the first international day of friendship, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Sunday urged the world community to work together to build a peaceful and more prosperous world, where flourishing cronyism and made new ones. "Harmony, tolerance, mutual respect, Friendship and mutual concern, these concepts are part of the Agency [United Nations] very fibres" said ban. "The Member shall inform our activities, from peacekeeping and human rights for our collective efforts to achieve poverty reduction Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
"And now is the focus of the international day of friendship, a new observance established by the General Assembly in a resolution, which stresses the possibilities of friendship ' Building bridges ' and ' inspiring ' peace efforts," he said.
Ban stated that the United Nations Charter declares that one of the purposes of the United Nations is to develop friendly relations among Nations, words which also appear in the preamble to the Universal Declaration of human rights.
The Constitution of the United Nations Educational, scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), he added, also stressed the need for peace, which is not only about the political and economic arrangements of Governments, but also of mental and moral solidarity of mankind.
The Secretary-General said that individual friendships brought mankind face
to cope with diversity and differing views, as well as joy and supports, without prejudice to the testing requirements can overwhelm even the best relationships.
"The pillars that support the same sturdy close friendly personal relationship of trust, respect, mutually beneficial decisions also have important role in the community of Nations," he said.
He mentioned the late Woodrow Wilson, a former President of the United States, who once said: "the friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.