- By Priyanka Munshi
- Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:28 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
International Day Of Democracy 2023: On September 15, people from all over the world will celebrate the occasion. The Greek terms "demos," which denotes a city's or state's citizens, and "kratos," which indicates the "power or rule" of the government, are the origins of the word democracy. Democracy is a form of government in which the populace elects its leaders and decides how its government is to be administered.
International Day Of Democracy 2023 History And Significance
Every year on September 15, this day is celebrated all across the globe. (Image Credit: Canva)
The International Day of Democracy is celebrated on September 15 thanks to a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2007. The Inter-Parliamentary Union's adoption of the Universal Declaration on Democracy on September 15, 1997, is responsible for the creation of the International Day of Democracy. An international association of national parliaments is known as the IPU.
Following that, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously voted to establish the International Day of Democracy on November 8, 2007, with the resolution reading, "Support by the United Nations system of efforts by governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies."
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The Inter-Parliamentary Union then proposed that the event be commemorated on September 15 to mark the adoption of the Universal Declaration on Democracy ten years earlier, and the celebration was held for the first time in 2008 as a result.
Democracy is the right of every person in the world. (Image credit: Canva)
The United Nations also said, "The International Day of Democracy provides an opportunity to review the state of democracy in the world. Democracy is as much a process as a goal, and only with the full participation of the international community can the ideal of democracy be made into a reality." Every year, the celebration for this day takes place in so many places by doing different activities with different themes, but the goal of the celebration remains the same.