Bill Text: NY J01578 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Recognizing January 24, 2024, as International Day of Education

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-01-09 - ADOPTED [J01578 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-J01578-Introduced.html

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Senate Resolution No. 1578

BY: Senator PERSAUD

        RECOGNIZING January 24, 2024, as International Day
        of Education

  WHEREAS,  The  United Nations designates specific days, weeks, years
and decades as occasions to mark particular events or topics in order to
promote, through awareness and action,  the  objectives  of  the  United
Nations and its global citizenry; and

  WHEREAS, In furtherance of the principles and goals of international
diplomacy and the magnitude of importance of education, and the inherent
fundamental   right  to  have  an  education,  the  United  Nations,  in
conjunction with the Permanent Missions of Nigeria,  Singapore,  Ireland
and  Qatar to the United Nations, in partnership with UNESCO, UNICEF, UN
Women and Collegiate Congress wishes to promote January 24, 2024, as the
International Day of Education; and

  WHEREAS,  In  2018,  the  General  Assembly  officially  adopted   a
resolution to recognize the holiday; and

  WHEREAS,  The  International  Day  of  Education  is  meant  to help
students and youth discover and explore the possibilities for productive
and constructive methodologies in order to  improve  student  and  youth
life of which education is the key component; and

  WHEREAS,  The  need for the understanding of a global perspective on
student and youth development and education methodologies will  lead  to
the betterment of students globally; and

  WHEREAS,  The  importance  of  recognizing  the International Day of
Education  stresses  that  education  plays  a  key  role  in   building
sustainable  and  resilient societies and contributes to the achievement
of all; through this recognized day, the International Day of  Education
increases  the productivity of individuals and strengthens the potential
for economic  growth,  develops  the  skills  needed  for  decent  work,
develops  the  professional  skills  needed for sustainable development,
including in the fields of water and sanitation, green  energy  and  the
conservation  of  natural  resources,  helps  to  eradicate  poverty and
hunger, contributes to improved health, promotes gender equality and can
reduce inequality, and promotes peace, the rule of law and  respect  for
human rights; and

  WHEREAS,  New York State understands the importance of the right for
all to have an education, and how the same can further the well-being of
both the State of New York, Our Great Nation and the World as  a  whole;
and

  WHEREAS,  It is the custom of this Legislative Body to observe those
events of true purpose and worthy accomplishment that recognize the need
for the understanding of a  global  perspective  on  student  and  youth
development   and   education  methodologies  which  will  lead  to  the
betterment of all students across the globe; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
recognize  January  24, 2024, as the International Day of Education; and
be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  a  copy  of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted  to  Antonio  Guterres,  Secretary  General  of  the  United
Nations.