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30th JULY - INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP DAY

  •  International Day of Friendship  is observed on 30 July to advocate the role that friendship plays in promoting peace in various cultures.
  • International Day of Friendship promotes the role of friends in life.


  •  A friend is a person that you can always rely on and is considered as closest to you. Someone trustworthy, genuine and accepts you for who you are.
  • International Friendship Day is an initiative of the proposal made by UNESCO. It defines the Culture of Peace as a group of values, attitudes, and behaviours that reject violence and make efforts to prevent conflicts by finding their root causes to solve several problems. 
  • The United Nations General Assembly adopted it in 1997.
  • The International Day of Friendship was proclaimed in 2011 by the UN General Assembly with the idea that friendship between peoples, countries, cultures and individuals can inspire peace efforts and build bridges between communities.


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