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United Nations celebration marks first International Day of Hope after General Assembly resolution
Summary
Delegates, civil-society leaders and laureates gathered at a ceremony at United Nations headquarters to mark the newly designated International Day of Hope, highlighting education, water and child protection and calling for sustained, practical follow-up to the General Assembly resolution adopted earlier in 2025.
Speakers at a United Nations event on July 11, 2025, marked the first observance tied to a General Assembly resolution designating July 12 as the International Day of Hope and urged practical follow-up on education, water access and child protection.
The event, hosted by the Federation of World Peace and Love (FOPAL) with multiple permanent missions to the United Nations, featured opening remarks from the Timor Leste mission and presentations by senior figures including Dr. Hong Taot So, president of FOPAL; Dr. Navid Kapoor, permanent observer for the Pan African Intergovernmental Agency for Water and Sanitation to the United Nations; former presidents and civil-society leaders; and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jerry White.
Why it matters: organisers said the new observance is intended as a platform for practical action across the UN sustainable-development agenda. The gathering combined ceremonial elements — including a bell-ringing — with appeals from government representatives and civil-society speakers for…
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