Photos and video: UH Hilo celebrates 2022 United Nations Day with Parade of Nations

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United Nations Day honors and promotes human rights, social progress, and world peace.

Group of students, in traditional clothing and holding flags from their home countries, stands in front of Campus Center sign.
Students at UH Hilo’s 2022 Parade of Nations stand for a group photo at the Campus Center. (Photos: International Student Services/UH Hilo)

International students at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo celebrated 2022 United Nations Day on Oct. 28 with the annual Parade of Nations showing the university’s geographic and ethnic diversity. United Nations Day honors and promotes human rights, social progress, and world peace.

UH Hilo students from different parts of the world also performed dances and shared informational displays about their countries on the Mookini Library lānai.

The event was sponsored by UH Hilo’s International Student Services and International Student Association.

Group representing Hawaiʻi on the library lānai. Hawaiʻi flag is upside down.
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Group of students in traditional clothing, holding flags.
Students at UH Hilo’s 2022 Parade of Nations on the Mookini Library lānai.

UPDATE: Jan. 19, 2023, video of event:

Photos: International Student Services/UH Hilo. Video: Wolphgang Wolphagen, University Relations/UH Hilo.

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