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UN plans to issue Yoga Day stamps in 2017
The UN plans to issue stamps in 2017 in commemoration of the International Yoga Day, celebrated annually on June 21, after the world body adopted an India-led resolution in 2014.
The UN plans to issue stamps in 2017 in commemoration of the International Yoga Day, celebrated annually on June 21, after the world body adopted an India-led resolution in 2014.
“United Nations celebrates International Yoga Day, plans to issue stamps on this topic in 2017,” UNPA (UN Postal Administration) tweeted.
UN stamps are issued simultaneously at the world body’s offices in New York, Geneva and Vienna. Each issue carries a related design theme, with different denominations for each office.
Usually six new commemorative issues are released each year and remain on sale for 12 months only. Participants from a record 135 nationalities had gathered in front of the iconic UN Secretariat building here to commemorate the second Internat-ional Day of Yoga in June, with General Assembly President Mog-ens Lykketoft underlining the importance of Yoga in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Spiritual leader Sadh-guru Jaggi Vasudev had led a yoga session during the commemoration, orga-nised by India’s Perman-ent Mission to the UN and attended by top UN officials, ambassadors, diplomats and yoga practitioners.
