International Friendship Day 2020

International Friendship Day is celebrated on July 30 every year across the globe to mark the importance of friendships and friends in promoting peace in various cultures. International Friendship Day was first observed in 1958.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020

Key-Points

The International Day of Friendship was proclaimed in 2011 by the UN General Assembly with the idea that friendship between peoples, countries, cultures and individuals can inspire peace efforts and build bridges between communities.

This initiative that follows on the proposal made by UNESCO defining the Culture of Peace as a set of values, attitudes and behaviours that reject violence and endeavour to prevent conflicts by addressing their root causes with a view to solving problems.