Georgia joins World Down Syndrome Day celebrations
Under the slogan 'friends don't count chromosomes' Georgia has been celebrating the World Down Syndrome Day for a long time. Photo from the Georgian parliament's Facebook page
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Georgia has joined the global social campaign to mark World Down Syndrome Day on March 21.
Today is a #WorldDownSyndromDay
— CoE_Georgia (@CoeGeorgia) March 21, 2021
???????? We join the #LotsOfSocks campaign and encourage you to unite forces to raise awareness of Down syndrome.
Friends don't count chromosomes! Are you with us? pic.twitter.com/9iOYhsQepO
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has tweeted:
March 21 marks the #WorldDownSyndromeDay, yet another opportunity 2 increase global awareness regarding Down Syndrome, recognize the beauty of the diverse ???? & fight 4 equality.
— David Zalkaliani (@DZalkaliani) March 21, 2021
Parliament Speaker Archil Talakvadze has also tweeted:
For #WDSD 2021 we focus on improving connections to ensure that all people with Down syndrome can #CONNECT and participate on an equal basis with others. They should see themselves as people who can achieve their goals. pic.twitter.com/kqNKRVxyVg
— Archil Talakvadze (@A_Talakvadze) March 21, 2021
This global awareness day has been officially observed by the United Nations since 2012. Down syndrome is a type of mental retardation caused by extra genetic material in chromosome 21.
It's #worlddownsyndromeday
— World DS Day (@WorldDSDay) March 21, 2021
Let's see those socks ????#lotsofsocks pic.twitter.com/g3FoBYVSH5