After Yoga got a strong leg up on the world stage following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for observing an International Yoga Day, the European Union (EU) has backed the initiative.
“EU supports your initiative for a Yoga Day,” the European Council President Herman von Rompuy told Mr. Modi during their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit.
Mr. Modi in his maiden address to the UN General Assembly in September had made a passionate plea for observing an International Yoga Day, describing the ancient science as “India’s gift to the world”.
About 130 countries, including the U.S., Canada and China, have signed up for co-sponsorship of a draft resolution, which India’s UN mission is preparing for declaring June 21 as the International Day of Yoga.
The resolution is expected to be submitted soon to the UN secretariat with the government looking to aggressively push for its adoption before the end of 2014.
