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WORLD DAY OF
SOCIAL JUSTICE |
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Date-wise Events |
February 20 |
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Description |
- It is a day recognizing the need to promote efforts to
tackle issues such as poverty, exclusion and unemployment.
- The United Nations General Assembly has decided to
observe 20 February annually.
- As recognized by the World Summit, social development
aims at social justice, solidarity, harmony and equality
within and among countries and social justice, equality and
equity constitute the fundamental values of all societies.
- To achieve “a society for all” governments made a
commitment to the creation of a framework for action to
promote social justice at national, regional and
international levels.
- They also pledged to promote the equitable distribution
of income and greater access to resources through equity and
equality and opportunity for all.
- The governments recognized as well that economic growth
should promote equity and social justice and that “a society
for all” must be based on social justice and respect for all
human rights and fundamental freedoms.
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