What are the dates and significance of World Health Day, World Environment Day, World Population Day, World Day for the Eradication of Poverty, International Day against Drug Abuse, and International

What are the dates and significance of World Health Day, World Environment Day, World Population Day, World Day for the Eradication of Poverty, International Day against Drug Abuse, and International Day of Peace?

World Health Day: April 7, the purpose of World Health Day is to draw the attention of countries around the world to health issues, and to mobilize people from all over the world to care about and improve the current health situation and improve human health. level. During World Health Day, all member states of the World Health Organization, including China, hold celebrations to promote and popularize relevant health knowledge and improve people's health.

World Environment Day: June 5th reflects the understanding and attitude of people around the world towards environmental issues and expresses mankind's yearning and pursuit for a better environment. It is one of the main media through which the United Nations promotes global environmental awareness and raises government attention to and action on environmental issues.

In its economic and social "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" development plan, the Chinese government proposed to achieve the goal of reducing the total discharge of major pollutants by 10%, and decomposed this binding indicator layer by layer and implemented it to governments at all levels. Various related industries. At present, governments at all levels attach great importance to it, their work intensity has been significantly increased, and the guiding role of binding indicators has begun to appear. Promoting pollution reduction and building an environment-friendly society is the common responsibility of the whole society. It not only requires governments at all levels and relevant departments to increase their efforts, but also requires the active support of the broadest masses of the people and the mobilization of the broadest social forces. participate. "Pollution emission reduction and environmentally friendly society" is determined as the Chinese theme of World Environment Day, aiming to increase publicity, encourage public participation, and give full play to the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of all sectors of society, so as to reduce pollutant emissions and connect with the environment. Living in friendship has become a conscious action of every unit, every enterprise, and every member of society.

World Population Day: July 11. On July 11, 1987, the earth's population reached 5 billion. This special day is commemorated in order to focus on the urgency of overall population development plans and solutions to these problems.

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty: October 17 is used to call the attention of countries around the world to the disparity between rich and poor groups, countries and social classes caused by sanctions, various discriminations and the concentration of wealth. aid and raise global awareness of poverty eradication.

International Anti-Drug Day: On June 26, the United Nations conference in Vienna proposed the slogan "Love life, don't take drugs" to attract the attention of countries around the world to the drug problem, and at the same time call on the people of the world to join forces to fight against drugs. to solve the drug problem.

International Day of Peace: September 21, the resolution mentioned: After the declaration, the International Day of Peace shall become a global day of ceasefire and non-violence, and all countries and peoples are invited to cease hostilities on this day. Celebrate the International Day of Peace and work with the United Nations to achieve a global ceasefire.

On July 22, 1946, the United Nations Economic and Social Council held an International Health Conference in New York. Representatives from more than 60 countries signed the Charter of the World Health Organization and the World Health Organization. The Organizational Charter came into effect on April 7, 1948. To commemorate the adoption of the organization's charter, the World Health Organization was formally established at the First World Health Assembly of the United Nations held in Geneva in June 1948, and decided to designate July 22 of each year as "World Health Day" and advocated all countries to hold Various commemorative activities.

The following year, the Second World Health Assembly took into account that schools in most countries were on summer vacation in July every year and were unable to participate in this celebration, and stipulated that April 7 would be designated as a global holiday from 1950 onwards. World Health Day. Since 1950, the World Health Organization has selected a theme for World Health Day every year to highlight the key areas of concern to the World Health Organization.