World Bicycle Day Observed on 3 June 2025.

Important Days

The United Nations (UN) observes World Bicycle Day annually on June 3 to highlight the bicycle as a simple, affordable, reliable, clean, and environmentally sustainable mode of transportation.


      - The day also underscores the bicycle's role in promoting health, education, and social inclusion, supporting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

      - The concept of World Bicycle Day was initiated by Polish-American social scientist Leszek J. Sibilski, who led a global campaign urging the UN to recognize the importance of bicycles.

     

Main Point :-   (i) In response, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution A/RES/72/272 on April 12, 2018, officially declaring June 3 as World Bicycle Day. The resolution received unanimous support from all 193 UN member states, with Turkmenistan sponsoring and 56 countries co-sponsoring the declaration.

      (ii) The inaugural World Bicycle Day was celebrated on June 3, 2018, marking a global recognition of the bicycle’s vital contributions to sustainable transport, health, and social development.


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