The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, has been officially listed as a UN floating holiday in its calendar of conferences from 2024. The UN General Assembly, in a resolution, acknowledges the (significant) of the Lunar New Year and invites the UN bodies at headquarters and other duty stations to avoid (hold) meetings on the Lunar New Year.
The resolution encourages the arrangement (take) into account when drafting future calendars of conferences. The United Nations identifies (globe) observed holidays as floating holidays and refrains from scheduling meetings such occasions.
China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations said the Spring Festival, as a traditional Chinese holiday features family reunion and good wishes for the coming year, not only (bear) the idea s of the Chinese civilization of peace and harmony but becomes the common values of humanity such as (harmony) family, social inclusion and sound relationship between man and nature.
The resolution serves as a showcase of the influence of Chinese civilization and aims at tolerance and interactions between diverse civilizations worldwide. also reflects the values of diversity and inclusion promoted by the United Nations. The deputy added that the listing of the Spring Festival as a UN holiday (welcome) among member states and staff members of the UN Secretary.
