UN declares June 21 as 'International Day of Yoga'

December 11, 2014 22:23

Less than three months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed the idea, the UN General Assembly today adopted an India-led resolution declaring June 21 as 'International Day of Yoga', recognising that 'Yoga provides a holistic approach to health and well-being'.

The resolution on 'International Day of Yoga' was introduced by India's Ambassador to UN Asoke Mukerji today and had 175 nations joining as co-sponsors, the highest number ever for any General Assembly resolution.

It 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.

Through the resolution, adopted under the agenda of 'Global Health and Foreign Policy,' the 193-member General Assembly decided to proclaim June 21 every year as the 'International Day of Yoga'.

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