International Human Solidarity Day

The United Nations' (UN) International Human Solidarity Day is celebrated on December 20 each year to raise public awareness of the importance of solidarity in fighting poverty. On December 22, 2005, the UN General Assembly proclaimed that International Solidarity Day would take place on December 20 each year. Solidarity refers to a union of interests, purposes or sympathies among members of a group. In the Millennium Declaration world leaders agreed that solidarity was a value that was important to international relations in the 21st century. In light of globalisation and growing inequality, the UN realised that strong international solidarity and cooperation was needed to achieve its Millennium Development Goals. The UN was founded on the idea of unity and harmony via the concept of collective security that relies on its members' solidarity to unite for international peace and security.