By resolution 59/26
of 22 November 2004, the UN General Assembly declared 8–9 May as a time
of remembrance and reconciliation and, while recognizing that Member
States may have individual days of victory, liberation and
commemoration, invited all Member States, organizations of the United
Nations System, non-governmental organizations and individuals to
observe annually either one or both of these days in an appropriate
manner to pay tribute to all victims of the Second World War.
The Assembly stressed that this historic event established the
conditions for the creation of the United Nations, designed to save
succeeding generations from the scourge of war, and called upon the
Member States of the United Nations to unite their efforts in dealing
with new challenges and threats, with the United Nations playing a
central role, and to make every effort to settle all disputes by
peaceful means in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations and in such a manner that international peace and security are not endangered.On 2 March 2010, by resolution 64/257, the General Assembly invited all Member States, organizations of the United Nations system, non-governmental organizations and individuals to observe these days in an appropriate manner to pay tribute to all victims of the Second World War. A special solemn meeting of the General Assembly in commemoration of all victims of the war was held in the second week of May 2010, marking the sixty-fifth anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
75 years - Second World War (1939-1945) |
100 years - First World War (1914-1918) |
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