International Human Solidarity Day serves to remind people about the importance of solidarity for the achievement of the international agreements on social development, including programmes of action of international conferences and multilateral accords.

The theme this year is: "Global partnership for building shared prosperity".

Its objective is to eradicate poverty and promote human and social development in developing countries, in particular among the poorest segments of their populations

The General Assembly, on 22 December 2005, by resolution 60/209 identified solidarity as one of the fundamental and universal values that should underlie relations between peoples in the Twenty-first century, and in that regard decided to proclaim 20 December of each year International Human Solidarity Day.