World Milk Day 2016
World Milk Day 2016 would be celebrated by the people all over the world on 1st of June, at Wednesday.
World Milk Day History
World Milk Day was first celebrated in 2001 all across the world by
the participation of many countries. The number of participating
countries in the celebration is increasing year by year. Since then, it
is celebrated every year focusing to publicize the activities related to
the milk and milk industries all through the world. This celebration
has been nationalized by organizing celebration related activities on
national and international level. It is celebrated to increase the
public awareness about the importance of milk and milk products for
everyone throughout the whole life.
World Milk Day was first established to be celebrated every year on world level on 1st of June by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. It was selected on 1st of June as the national milk day was already being celebrated by many countries during this time.
Why World Milk Day is Celebrated
World Milk Day is celebrated by the people all across the world on annual basis on 1st
of June. It is celebrated to increase the common public awareness about
all aspects of the natural milk such as its natural origin, milk
nutritional value and various milk products including its economic
importance throughout the globe. It has been started celebrating in
several countries (Malaysia, Colombia, Romania, Germany, United Arab
Emirates, USA and etc) by the participation of various consumers and
employees of milk industries.
Milk is focused as the global food throughout the celebration of
world milk day. Varieties of promotional activities (describing the
importance of milk as a healthy and balanced diet) are launched by the
International Dairy Federation on its website online. Various members of
the health organizations take part in the celebration to work together
in order to distribute the message of milk importance to the common
public through the promotional activities all through the day.
World Milk Day celebration has impacted large population to
understand them the reality of milk. Milk is great source of all the
healthy nutrients required by the body (calcium, magnesium, zinc,
phosphorus, iodine, iron, potassium, folates, vitamin A, vitamin D,
riboflavin, vitamin B12, protein, healthy fat and etc. It is very
energetic diet provides instant energy to the body as it contains high
quality proteins including both essential and non-essential amino acids
and fatty acids.
World Milk Day Activities
As milk is an important food for everyone and must to add in the
balanced diet on daily basis, world milk day celebration has brought an
effective revolution among the common public about the importance of
milk. World milk day celebration brings a perfect opportunity every year
for each one all through the word to get the new messages about adding
milk in the balanced diet. It is celebrated by the association members
on national and international level by working together to convey the
message among public through lots of promotional activities.
World milk day celebration was initiated by the UN Food and
Agriculture Organization in 2001 in order to encourage common social
public about the milk and dairy products consumption as their daily
diet. All aspects of the milk are annually celebrated through this event
in many countries all around the world. The number of countries want to
take part in the celebration is increasing every year to bring more
effect.
Global Day of Parents
Global Day of Parents is a
United Nations observance held on June 1. It was established by the
United Nations General Assembly in 2012 and has been celebrated annually
ever since.
Most countries
observe Mother's Day and Father's Day to celebrate all parents, and some
countries have a combined Parents' Day. In order to support this
tradition and honor parents throughout the world, the UN General
Assembly proclaimed Global Day of Parents to appreciate all parents for
their selfless commitment to children.
In every culture and society, parents are primary caregivers of
children responsible for the nurturing and protection of their
offspring. Development of a child's personality heavily depends on his
or her parents' ability to create a safe and at the same time
challenging environment. Global Day of Parents focuses on raising
awareness of the important role parents play in bringing up children and
therefore in the development of local communities and societies in
general.
Interestingly, Global Day of Parents coincides with International Day for Protection of Children
celebrated in some former and current communist and socialist states.
However, Universal Children's Day established and promoted by the United
Nations is held on November 20.
