On this international day this year, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon gave the message “Happiness is something greater than personal satisfaction”.

Along with this message, this year the United Nations celebrates the International Day of Happiness (March 20) in a special way. That is, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon "appointed" Red, the leader of the birds in the mobile game Angry Birds, as an Honorary Ambassador to promote and promote climate protection actions towards a more sustainable and happier future for everyone.

International Day of Happiness.

The theme that the United Nations focused on this year's International Day of Happiness was measures to reduce climate change. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that this was an opportunity to bring peace, prosperity and joy to everyone rather than focusing on individual happiness.

According to him, by calling for “collective responsibility” towards completing the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, humanity will together spread joy and foster world peace.

For that purpose, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon chose Angry Birds, an entertaining game loved by millions of people around the world, to convey a message of making the world a better place.

Speaking at the launch of the film about Red, the leader of Angry Birds at the United Nations headquarters in New York, Mr. Ban Ki-moon emphasized that the United Nations is proud to create an opportunity for Angry Bird leader Red, which means red, to transform into Green, which means green.

“I am delighted to appoint Red as an honorary ambassador for green,” said Mr. Ban. “Together, let’s create a more peaceful, sustainable and healthy future for all.”

The Angry Birds crew is extremely proud of their new mission.

Angry Birds voice actor Josh Gad said: “Throughout the movie, the idea of ​​anger is a bad thing, something negative, but it evolves into a passion. If you are angry for a good reason, like how to build a green world, then I think the message of the movie can make you really change and make something good out of that anger.”

The International Day of Happiness Ambassador Red will embark on a “world tour” tomorrow to promote ways to protect the environment. The trip will take Red to Paris, where countries adopted a historic climate change agreement in December 2015, and will end in New York, where world leaders will sign the Paris Agreement at the United Nations headquarters on April 22./.

According to VOV