adminNot a single one of 193 members of the global body objected to the idea, the United Nations said on its website last Thursday.
The proposal was motivated by “the need for a more inclusive, equitable and balanced approach to economic growth that promoted sustainable development and poverty eradication, and the happiness and well-being of all people,” the resolution said.
This is not the first time the UN has turned to the elusive concept: in 2011, it passed another resolution on the matter calling member states to pay more attention to making their populaces happier.
The date for the celebrations is March 20, an equinox day when day and night are of equal length. It is also Nowruz, or “Iranian New Year,” and World Sparrow Day.
International Happiness Day was pitched by Bhutan, a tiny kingdom in the Himalayas that runs a Gross National Happiness index since the 1970s.
The Bhutanese index is based on factors such as psychological wellbeing, health, education, environment, governance quality and living standards of the populace. —RIA Novosti
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