Holidays honor people or events. If you couldcreate a new holiday, what person or eventwould it honor and how would you want peopleto celebrate it? Use specific reasons and detailsto support your answer.

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　　October 24 is Union Nations Day. This day is noted in the calendars, but not observed as aholiday around the world. I want the entire world to celebrate the birth of the United Nationsbecause of its attempts to promote peace, education, and health around the world.

　　Peace is the most important thing that we can have today. The sooner that we can stop war thesooner we can all have better lives. There are countries around the world that have been at warfor generations. In some of these countries, UN Peacekeepers have temporarily stopped theviolence so people can go about their lives. If this peace could be made lasting, the lives ofthese citizens would be much richer.

　　The UN actively works to promote education. Universal literacy is one of its important goals.Every child in the world deserves to know how to read and write. The UN is also involved in jobtraining for adults. The age of information technology demands new job skills. The UN workswith continuing education programs around the world so workers are not left out of the jobmarket.

　　The UN has played an instrumental role in the eradication of smallpox. Polio vaccines andAIDS-awareness programs have also helped reduce the incidence of these diseases. There isa lot to be done in these areas.

　　Much of the work of the UN is unknown and underappreciated. If we want to live in a peacefulworld, where every child can attend school and where every citizen has access to health care, weneed to support the work of the UN. We need to recognize its importance and celebrate itsbirthday.