article_snippet.sent: The tiny country of Bhutan, a very happy country famous for measuring the "Gross National Happiness" of the "Gross National Happiness people, gets the credit for focusing world attention on happiness: the "Gross National Happiness Prime Minister proposed the idea of a World Happiness Day to The United Nations in 2011.
article_snippet.sent: Recognizing "happiness and well-being as universal goals and aspirations in the lives of human beings around the world," the U.N. General Assembly declared March 20 as World Happiness Day in 2012.
article_snippet.sent: This officially designated happy date marked the U.N. General Assembly fourth year last month.
highlights_snippet.sent: The United Nations first declared a World Happiness Day in 2012 .