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2023

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When was UNESCO announced March 21 as World Poetry Day?
A
1992
B
1999
C
2001
D
2009
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -UNESCO first adopted 21 March as World Poetry Day during its 30th General Conference in Paris in 1999, with the aim of supporting linguistic diversity through poetic expression and increasing the opportunity for endangered languages to be heard.

Detailed explanation-2: -National Poetry Day was founded in 1994 by the charity Forward Arts Foundation, whose mission is to celebrate excellence in poetry and increase its audience.

Detailed explanation-3: -Held every year on 21 March, World Poetry Day celebrates one of humanity’s most treasured forms of cultural and linguistic expression and identity.

Detailed explanation-4: -This year’s National Poetry Day is on Thursday 6 October 2022. The theme for National Poetry Day 2022 is The Environment.

Detailed explanation-5: -We can all do that on World Poetry Day, on March 21. The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) founded this day in 1999.

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