The organization that proposed and established Children's Day is called the International Democratic Women's Federation. It is a non-governmental international women's organization and a member of the United Nations non-governmental organization. This organization in the name of "International" has set up Children's Day, which is "International Children's Day".
International Children's Day? So people all over the world celebrate June 1 day? Stop it! The American people are just June 1st. Why?
As we mentioned above, Children's Day was established by an international organization called the International Democratic Women's Federation in Moscow on 1949. Since then, more than 40 countries including China, Russian Federation, Viet Nam, Laos, Ukraine, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania have held celebrations on June 1 day. Most of them are countries in Central and Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia. If you look closely, you will find that these countries have been labeled as "socialist" camps.
For example, China at that time happened to be in such a period:
1949, the "Oriental Group" headed by the Soviet Union was in a period of "Cold War" confrontation with the "capitalist camp" headed by the United States and Britain.
In this sensitive period, how can western countries agree to a meeting in Moscow and its resolution? For example, Britain does not celebrate June 1 day, and the British government stipulates that July 14 every year is British Children's Day. (Today, Hongkong and Taiwan Province Province still keep the habit of celebrating Children's Day on April 4th according to the rules formulated by the government of the Republic of China in 193 1. )
Of course, as the "boss" of western countries, the United States does not even recognize the resolutions adopted when an organization with a strong socialist country background was established. Therefore, the United States proudly replied: Our American children celebrate Children's Day every day, so we don't need to set up a special "Children's Day"!
Not only that, the American people also have a "very casual" Children's Day. Different presidents declare different days as Children's Day ... President Bill Clinton and his successor, President George W. Bush, declared National Children's Day on different dates. The White House official website still retains the full text of Bush's announcement that June 3rd, 2006, 5438+0 was the National Children's Day, which specifically mentioned "between Father's Day and Mother's Day" and "the first Sunday in June". Because this is a relatively reasonable statement that can be calculated year by year, it is also widely used in the United States in the following years.
However, it doesn't matter when Children's Day is celebrated. What is important is that Children's Day expresses the expectations of all countries in the world for caring for children and ensuring their healthy and happy growth. Always remind people to protect children's innocence and let them have a happy childhood.