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12/12/22 13:58 PM IST

International Mountain Day 2022

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  • International Mountain Day is celebrated annually on December 11 to increase public awareness of the value of mountains to both life and climate.
International Mountain Day
  • The day came into existence in 2003.
  • The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development accepted Chapter 13 of Agenda 21: Managing Fragile Ecosystems: Sustainable Mountain Development in 1992.
  • With such widespread support, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2002 to be the “United Nations International Year of Mountains.”
  • The group determined that beginning in 2003, December 11 would be designated as World Mountain Day annually.
  • The theme of this year’s International Mountain Day (IMD) is ‘Women Move Mountains.’
  • Women play a key role in mountains’ environmental protection and social and economic development.
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