International Mountain Day is observed annually on December 11 to raise awareness about the importance of mountains in human life, to highlight the opportunities and constraints in mountain development, and to forge alliances that will bring positive change to mountain peoples and environments around the world.
The United Nations General Assembly declared 2002 the UN International Year of Mountains, and on that occasion recognized 11 December as International Mountain Day beginning in 2003. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organizes the annual commemoration of the Day to raise awareness
Every year, UNESCO commemorates the Day by disseminating information about projects and activities related to the year’s theme.
Theme for 2022
Women Move Mountains will be the theme of this year’s International Mountain Day (IMD) on December 11th
Women play an important role in the environmental protection and social and economic development of mountains. They are frequently the primary managers of mountain resources, biodiversity guardians, keepers of traditional knowledge, custodians of local culture, and traditional medicine experts.
International Mountain Day 2022 is a chance to promote gender equality and so improve social justice, livelihoods, and resilience.
FAO, the principal UN agency for this International Day, will create communication materials in all six UN languages in the coming months, which will be available on their website.
UNESCO Involvement
UNESCO works with strategies to strengthen body, mind and heart through wellness in appreciation of our surroundings to help them overcome their challenges and acknowledge their significant contribution to conserving the diversity of the world’s cultural and biological landscape.
UNESCO BMW is an innovative, UNESCO-affiliated organization that uses physical, emotional, and mental balance to encourage inner peace and self-awareness across generations. BMW was
established with the shared purpose of using unorthodox sources of art and culture from all
around us to strengthen, stabilize, and improve the global society. We collaborate with
individuals and groups for peace and harmony.
The concerns of global environment detriment are UNESCO’s top priority areas. We strive to improve the support of our ecology, the realm of global peace, and the adoption of environmentally responsible behaviors.
UNESCOS\s Vision
Our vision mission encompasses three main goals that are also in line with this occasion today and engage people of all ages, especially the youth-improvement of the inner ecosystem, enhancement of inner creativity through arts and crafts and lastly, encouragement of inner peace on a global level.
Let us come together to celebrate the mountains we are surrounded by and appreciate the diversity around us.