"I believe that unless we have that sense of solidarity among the peoples of the world, all our efforts of peace and security will go nowhere,” said Chowdhury, adding that "international peace efforts, no matter how well-intentioned, would not succeed until people recognised we are all one."

Armed with the signatures of over 50,000 individuals across the globe, the encouragement from UN emissary Chowdhury and the passion of world renowned thought leaders on peace and spirituality including Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu; artist-musician Yoko Ono; spiritual writers Deepak Chopra and Academy Award-winning filmmaker and Spiritual Cinema Circle co-founder Stephen Simon, along with thousands of others the first ever Global Oneness Day was formally held on Sunday 24th October 2010 and thereafter celebrated annually on October 24th.