Images of the International Day of Friendship 2020: a friend is someone who makes us smile
Happy International Friendship Day 2020: International days give us the opportunity to bring the peoples of the world closer together and to mobilize resources to deal with global problems. Friendship Day reminds us that our friendless world is lonely. Friendliness in neighborhoods goes a long way in building strong and safe communities.
It is sad to see children and the elderly displaced in countries in conflict. Wars and conflicts uproot people; they are forced to give up everything, including friends.
In a tweet on International Friendship Day, UN Women, a global women’s empowerment organization, said: “Let’s be there for each other and rise up for each other. a better world“.
Happy #Friendship day! Let’s be there for each other and rise up for a better world. pic.twitter.com/mVSrgbUW73
– UN Women (@UN_Women) July 30, 2020
Another inspiring tweet talks about the “power of kindness, respect and support”.
Happy #Friendship day!
A year ago today, young people from all over the world joined @bts_twt to show the power of kindness, respect and support. #BTSLoveMyself#ENDviolencepic.twitter.com/7F0xH5qzFS
– UNICEF (@UNICEF) July 30, 2020
International Friendship Day: a brief history
The International Day of Friendship was proclaimed in 2011 by the General Assembly of the United Nations with the idea that friendship between peoples, countries, cultures and individuals can build bridges between communities.
Five ways Friendship Day can help countries and communities
- Promote world peace and culture
- Ensure equality between women and men
- Raise awareness of tolerance and solidarity
- Encourage respect for human rights
- Support for the free flow of information and knowledge
Friendship Day 2020: the best quotes
- “If you live to be 100, I hope to live to be 100 less someday, so I will never have to live without you” – Winnie the Pooh
- “Two Things You Never Have To Look For: True Friends And True Love” Mandy Hale
- “When the twilight lowers its curtain And pins it with a star Remember you have a friend Although she may wander far away” – LM Montgomery
- “Animals are such lovely friends – they don’t ask questions, they don’t pass criticism” – George Eliot
- “At the end of the day, the bond of any company, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation” – Oscar Wilde
We wish you a happy friendship day!
