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‘Less than three months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed the idea, the UN general assembly on Thursday 11 December 2014, adopted an India-led resolution declaring June 21 as ‘International Day of Yoga’, recognizing that “Yoga provides a holistic approach to health and well-being.”

The resolution for the Yoga Day was co-sponsored by 175 of the 193 member nations across the whole spectrum of the globe, the highest number ever for any general assembly resolution. It was adopted by acclamation, without having to take a vote. 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.

The various key nations that have come on board to co-sponsor the resolution include the five permanent members of the Security Council — China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Several Asian, European and Latin American countries and nearly 60 per cent of African nations are also co-sponsors including Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Egypt, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, South Korea, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Syria, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates.

“Yoga embodies unity of mind and body; thought and action; restraint and fulfilment; harmony between man and nature; a holistic approach to health and well being,” Modi had said. In suggesting June 21 as the International Day of Yoga, Modi had said that the date, one of the two solstices, is the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere and has special significance in many parts of the world.’

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