Who has declared the year 2024 as the International Year of Camelids?

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Correct — A, the United Nations (UN). The UN General Assembly declared 2024 the International Year of Camelids, to raise global awareness of camels, llamas, alpacas and other camelid species and their role in the food security, livelihoods and culture of pastoral and dryland communities. FAO, the UN's food and agriculture agency, was designated to facilitate the observance.

Why the other options are wrong — (b) UNESCO runs its own international-year designations (mostly on education, science and culture) but did not declare this one — it was a UN General Assembly resolution, implemented through FAO.  (c) The World Health Organization deals with global health, not livestock or food-security observances such as this one.  (d) The USA is a single member state, not a body that can declare a UN-recognised International Year — such declarations are made by the UN General Assembly.

Concept: The UN General Assembly periodically declares 'International Years' to focus global attention on an issue for a calendar year, and typically designates one of its specialised agencies to lead the observance. The International Year of Camelids 2024 highlights the role of camels, llamas, alpacas and vicuñas in the food security and livelihoods of pastoral communities in arid and dryland regions, with FAO tasked to facilitate it.

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