PM Modi USA Visit: On the initiative of PM Modi, June 21 was declared International Yoga Day, now this time the Indian Prime Minister will hold a session at the United Nations Secretariat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a state visit to America from June 21 to 24. During this, he will participate in many high-profile events. PM Modi will conduct a yoga session at the United Nations Secretariat on June 21. United Nations Resident Coordinator in India Shombey Sharp said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead a yoga session at the UN Secretariat on June 21, the International Day of Yoga. On the sidelines of a seminar organized here to mark 75 years of United Nations (UN) peacekeeping, he also said that since 2015, the world has truly adopted International Yoga Day.

PM Modi took Yoga to the United Nations

Recognizing the universal appeal of yoga, in December 2014, the United Nations declared 21 June as International Yoga Day by a resolution. The day aims to raise awareness around the world about the many benefits of practicing yoga. Sharp said Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi will lead a yoga session on June 21 at the United Nations Secretariat.

promoting the benefits of yoga

Performs substantive and administrative functions of the United Nations as directed by the General Assembly, the Security Council and other organs. Everyone understood and 175 member states signed it very quickly. It’s one of those popular international days, and actually symbolizes a lot of things. It’s about mindfulness, mental health. He said that yoga has helped people in difficult times like the Covid-19 pandemic. Sharp said yoga is about being fit and being comfortable, and that International Yoga Day “has struck a resonance with the international community” and that having PM Modi at the United Nations would be “special”.