Proclamation of December 12th as the International Day of Neutrality.
On February 2nd of the year 2017, the United Nations General Assembly adopted without a vote resolution 71/275 — introduced by Turkmenistan, recognized by the United Nations as a permanently neutral state since 12 December 1995 — which noted the link between the preservation of peace and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development , and declared 12 December as the International Day of Neutrality . The General Assembly, Recalling its Resolution 50/80 A of 12 December 1995 and Resolution 69/285 of 3 June 2015, Noting the outcome document of the high-level international conference on the theme “Policy of neutrality: international cooperation for peace, security and development” (the Ashgabat outcome document), 1 Reaffirming its Resolution 53/199 of 15 December 1998 and Resolution 61/185 of 20 December 2006 on the proclamation of international years, and Economic and Social Council resolution 1980/67 of 25 July 1980 on international years...