The World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development is a
United Nations
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–sanctioned
international holiday for the promotion of
diversity and
dialogue
Dialogue (sometimes spelled dialog in American and British English spelling differences, American English) is a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people, and a literature, literary and theatrical form that depicts suc ...
issues. It is currently celebrated on
May 21
Events Pre-1600
* 293 – Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian appoint Galerius as ''Caesar'' to Diocletian, beginning the period of four rulers known as the Tetrarchy.
* 878 – Syracuse, Sicily, is captured by the Muslim Aghlabi ...
. The
United Nations General Assembly
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proclaimed this holiday due to
UNESCO
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's
Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity in November 2001. It was proclaimed by
UN Resolution
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Legal stat ...
57/249.
Diversity Day, officially known as "The World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development", is an opportunity to help communities understand the value of cultural diversity and learn how
to live together in harmony. This day was created as a result of the destruction of the
Buddha statues of Bamiyan in
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is borde ...
in 2001.
References
57 249
May observances
2001 in the United Nations
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