World Social Work Day. Congratulations on Social Justice Day World Justice Day

People have dreamed of the establishment of social justice since the emergence of civilization. Equal opportunities for everyone living on Earth. This is not one of the populist slogans. This kind of desire is deeply rooted in the very nature of our species. IN different times, in various forms, many have tried to turn these ideas into reality. Alas, we are still quite far from this cherished goal. And it is clear why the initiative to establish world day social justice was so warmly supported by people all over the planet - after all, this is another step towards equality.

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The idea of ​​establishing this holiday on international level has been brewing for a long time. And when in 1995, at a meeting of the leaders of the leading states of the world, held in the Danish capital, it was announced, it immediately received serious support. However, 12 long years passed until, at the UN General Assembly held in 2007, the creation of a new holiday was officially announced, for which a special resolution was adopted. This event took place on December 18th. Initiator in in this case The Republic of Kyrgyzstan spoke.

The resolution not only announced the date of the new holiday, but also for the first time at this level the principles of social justice were formulated, which all UN member countries pledged to strictly observe and implement. The goals of the new holiday, which in reality has been celebrated not since its establishment, but since 2009:

• eradication of poverty;
• decent work for all;
• complete equality of all people;
• establishing welfare.

Traditions

On February 20, many millions of residents of most countries of the planet take part in the celebration of the World Day of Social Justice. Anyone who actively or passively opposes social injustice and all its manifestations. This:

• members public organizations and charitable foundations;
• social workers and government agencies;
• lawyers;
• trade union activists and many others.

On this day, various educational lectures are read all over the planet, thematic seminars and conferences are held, and funds are raised to help the poor. Officials read reports on relevant topics, reports on the progress of government programs and materials covering the lives of different segments of the population are published, and new bills on the theme of the holiday are introduced.

Social justice is not just an ethical imperative, it is the foundation of national stability and global well-being. Equal opportunity, solidarity and respect for human rights are essential for the full development of the productive potential of nations and peoples. Secretary General UN Ban Ki-moon

World Day of Social Justice ( World Day of Social Justice) has been celebrated since 2009. The UN General Assembly proclaimed the establishment of this holiday in special resolution No. A/RES/62/10 of December 18, 2007. A prerequisite for the emergence new date- February 20 - became a world meeting on top level, which took place in Copenhagen in March 1995, and at which the tasks were proclaimed social development modern society. Member States of the United Nations dedicate 20 February to national activities that promote social justice.

According to the organizers, international date should contribute to the eradication of poverty, the provision of full employment and decent work, the achievement of equal rights for men and women, as well as the establishment of social welfare and social justice for all. The UN considers the pursuit of social justice one of its main missions. The organization promotes equity by eliminating barriers that people face because of their gender, age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, or disability.

One of the main documents working in this direction is the Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization. It focuses on guaranteeing equitable outcomes for all through employment, social dialogue and fundamental principles and rights in the workplace.

In every country of our modern civilized world, every year people celebrate a fairly young holiday - the Day of Social Justice. After all, every person on our Earth has the same rights to existence, normal living conditions, decent work and quality service, regardless of what corner of the globe he lives or was born in, what gender, whether he believes in Jesus or Allah, where he works and who were his parents? Therefore, such a holiday takes place in our hard time, full of great contrasts in different segments of the population.

The first step towards establishing the holiday was taken by representatives of Kyrgyzstan. It was thanks to them that the General Assembly decided to celebrate the World Day of Social Justice. Since then, starting in 2009, the whole world celebrates it on February 20th. The date of the celebration is associated with the World Meeting in Copenhagen in 1995, at which the goals for the development of modern society were first proclaimed.

This holiday makes it possible to strengthen social justice and ensure prosperity, get rid of poverty, allow all people to find normal, decent work, provide everyone with full employment, achieve gender equality and thus allow every person to live in his or her own country the way he wants.

World Social Justice Day 2020 - Congratulations

Social justice –
This is the most important thing in the world!
So that we don’t just dream of happiness,
We must all become brave!

We must all take courage
To help your neighbor!
There is a lot of special charm in this -
Be kind and spread

Everything is good, kind, sweet,
And improve people's lives!
I wish to gather my strength
And help the world become a better place!

This whole world is in your hands,
There is goodness and justice in you,
So that you, not knowing about fear,
I accumulated warmth and strength within myself -

And I used them for
To help people in the world!
If you radiate warmth -
Everyone is happy like children!

There is nothing more important in the world
How to do good deeds!
Come on, do them, be brave!
May life be happy!

Justice in the world is important to us
So let's do it!
You need to do good deeds
And continue to live with love in your heart!

You start today and then
Everyone will repeat after you!
And you will see for yourself how day after day,
The world says thank you!

You try to help people
And they will answer you with kindness!
I just want to prosper
Believing in joy, happiness and love!

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Society brings together people with different abilities. Their incomes, educational levels, and obligations differ. Conditions arise under which social inequality. The latter causes problems in the economy, healthcare and other areas of life. To reduce this phenomenon and draw the attention of officials to social injustice, an international holiday was established.

When it passes

World Social Justice Day is celebrated annually on February 20th. In 2020, the date is celebrated by residents of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and other countries of the world.

Who celebrates

The holiday is associated with people who oppose social injustice. Representatives participate in the events political organizations, public, government institutions, activists of charitable foundations, social service employees, lawyers, members of trade unions.

History and traditions of the holiday

On November 26, 2007, the UN General Assembly, in resolution No. A/RES/62/10, declared February 20 as World Day of Social Justice.

The holiday was first celebrated in 2009. The UN invited member states to carry out activities in the interests of social development.

The prerequisite for the occurrence of the event was the world summit, which took place in Copenhagen in March 1995. Its representatives proclaimed the main tasks of social development and measures for their implementation.

The holiday was created with the aim of increasing efforts to eradicate poverty, ensure employment, decent work, gender equality, and the well-being of others.

Every year on February 20, educational lectures, seminars, and conferences are held in many countries around the world to discuss pressing issues. social sphere. Proposals to improve legislation, employment and pension programs are being considered. Activists of public organizations draw the attention of officials to pressing issues in the social sphere. Reports on the implementation of government programs are published. Charitable foundations raise money to help people in need. On air means mass media they show stories dedicated to the event, and prepare materials about the lives of representatives of various segments of the population.

Since the time of Aristotle, it has been customary to distinguish two types of justice: egalitarian and distributive. The first relates to the actions of people and requires the equivalence of labor, its payment, and the value of objects. The second is established according to certain criteria.

Social justice advocates demand equal rights and the construction of economic differences.

Nobel laureate in economics F. Hayek considers the term “social” contradictory and stupid. The scientist points out the impossibility of objective distribution of goods, including on the basis of moral criteria. Fellow researcher Milton Friedman argues that justice and freedom are mutually exclusive. The latter implies a lack of evaluation of the former.

IN Greek mythology There was a goddess of justice, Astraea. She is depicted with scales and a crown of stars. An asteroid was named after this goddess.

The areas of the brain associated with the emotional sphere of a person are responsible for the sense of justice. The feeling was formed at the genetic level in the process of human tribal development, giving an advantage in survival.

“Social justice is not just an ethical imperative, it is the foundation of national stability and global well-being. Equal opportunity, solidarity and respect for human rights are essential for the full development of the productive potential of nations and peoples.” (Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon).

The World Day was proposed to be established by the then President of Kyrgyzstan, Kurmanbek Bakiyev. Later, the same proposal was made in the general discussion in 2007 at the 62nd session of the General Assembly by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan, Ednan Karabaev.

Great idea! The UN General Assembly announced the establishment of this holiday on November 26, 2007, but World Day of Social Justice began to be celebrated only in 2009. Although back in March 1990 in Copenhagen, at a world summit, the tasks of social development of modern society were proclaimed.

The Declaration of Social Justice sets out guarantees for achieving fair outcomes for all – ensuring employment, respect for rights in the workplace and the possibility of social dialogue.

But, as they say among Russians, a fairy tale tells itself quickly, but it takes a long time to get things done.

Finally, the world has a holiday that the majority of people living in the world approve of. globe. And members of the United Nations are committed to eradicating poverty and any inequality, be it discrimination based on race, gender, culture, age, religion, or property.

Philosophers, scientists, some politicians and just decent people have been struggling with this problem since ancient times. But that’s what’s on the tip of your tongue: “And things are still there.”

What is social justice? In simple terms, this is a system state institutions, which ensures “a fair distribution of socio-political rights and material benefits.”

Rouso believed that justice “reduces to two most important things: freedom and equality.” The French socialist, philosopher, and economist Pierre Proudhon said approximately the same thing:

“What does it mean to do justice? This means giving everyone an equal share of goods under the condition of an equal amount of work; this means acting in accordance with the interests of society.”

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Majority ordinary people understand social justice as “ensuring equal opportunities for development different layers population."

And so, it would seem, most of us lived in a social state, in the Soviet Union, where there was free education, free medicine and equal opportunities for all segments of the population. The socialist option guaranteed equal distribution of the product produced by all the people. And even the slogan was proclaimed - “from each according to his ability and to each according to his needs.”

But in reality, equality and equal rights are not always identical. And in the Union, as we remember, someone had advantages. And it started from the very bottom. Trade union workers, party workers, had access to scarce goods and products. All this was distributed among their people. Higher ranks were treated in medical institutions where simple soviet man did not have access. Nepotism and cronyism flourished.

The older generation remembers very well the miniature by Mikhail Zhvanetsky “Scarcity”, which was brilliantly read by Arkady Raikin “Dear people are sitting: the warehouse manager is sitting, the store director is sitting, the merchandiser is sitting behind. ...The store director – we don’t give a damn about him! Commodity expert shoe department- like a simple engineer! This is good? It's disgusting!"

That's how it was. And many quite worthy and deserved people could not resist the temptation to use cronyism...

But Marxism-Leninism was rejected at the official level. It happened, one might say, in an instant. The collapse of the existing system led to a sharp impoverishment of the bulk of the population. This greatest injustice did not in the least bother those who came to power.

And if during the coup the rich were robbed, then in 1991, through the so-called shock therapy, the poor were robbed.

The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle once wrote: “The virtue of the state is reflected in the fact that citizens participating in public administration, virtuous."

But, virtuous citizens are worth their weight in gold, especially those in power. Man is weak by nature and few people are able to resist the temptation to make money at the expense of others, being completely sure that nothing will happen to you for it.

There was a colossal stratification of the population.
Factories and factories were closed, labor exchanges were overcrowded. And many employers shamelessly took advantage of their workers’ complete dependence on them. Wealth gave them the right to unlimited power. Many went so far as to deprive their employees of vacations; even people with extensive experience were paid sick leave at a pittance. There were no longer trade unions at enterprises. And few workers dared to defend their rights through the courts.

Fortunately, a lot has changed in our country since then. But the uneven distribution of wealth persisted. And this does not benefit either the poor, the middle, or the rich themselves.

Mystics say that there is an inevitable Universal justice. Somewhere out there, on invisible parchment, all our actions, deeds, thoughts, desires, both good and evil, are written down.

But will this stop the presumptuous nouveau riche and embezzlers? And they don’t believe in the laws of karmic justice.

Therefore, ideally, it is the state that should take care of compliance with laws, protection of the weak, creation of equal conditions and opportunities for normal life various population groups. And about preventing a colossal gap in the income level of rich and low-income segments of the population.

Unfortunately, free medicine is not sufficiently accessible; to be sure of this, you only need to go to the district clinic at your place of residence. There are many problems with free education. It is known that often administrations educational institutions They shamelessly reach into the pockets of their students’ parents.

I would also like to mention the equality of all citizens before the law and the court. It's no secret that until recently the rich and even those at the lowest level of power had the opportunity to evade responsibility.

We all dream and strive to create social state, “which takes upon itself a responsibility to care for social justice, and social security their citizens." And even if social justice may not be fully achievable, especially in the near future, this does not mean that we should not strive for it.

And I completely agree with the great humanist and thinker of the Enlightenment, Jean-Jacques Rousseau:

“No citizen should be so rich as to be able to buy another, and no one so poor as to be forced to sell himself.”
(J.J. Rousseau).