November 14, 2007 was the First United Nations Observed World Diabetes Day. I had the honour of being one of two representatives of the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) at the UN Headquarters for the first UN-observed World Diabetes Day. To commemorate the UN Resolution and that is where I started a Resolution Torch of Diabetes Advocacy. The time capsule artifacts contributed the first year included a copy of the UN Resolution, signed and dated on the first UN-observed World Diabetes Day by the Honourable Ismat Jahan, Ambassador from the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (the lead country on the Resolution), a copy of a letter written by the Queen Mother about Banting House, signed and dated on the first UN-observed World Diabetes Day by the Honourable Henri Paul Normandin, Canadian Ambassador to the UN, and a UN postcard, sent from the “official” UN Post office with the date stamp of the first UN-observed World Diabetes Day.
To commemorate this day all representatives at the UN completed a symbolic 246 step march from the United Nations Headquarters representing the 246 million people worldwide living with diabetes.
Every year on World Diabetes Day, monuments and buildings around the world are illuminated in blue. For the first UN-observed World Diabetes Day the Empire State Building was lit in blue - See some related photos at: http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=695826141#/album.php?aid=98992&id=695826141&op=6
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