The United Nations Headquarters in New York's Manhattan marked the celebration of Diwali with festival greetings on its facade. This was the first time the international organisation has celebrated the festival since it announced that Diwali would be a "non-meeting" day in 2014, The India Express reported.

India’s ambassador and permanent representative to the UN, Syed Akbaruddin, shared an image of the organisation's building on Twitter and thanked the United Nations General Assembly President Peter Thompson for the initiative. Thompson tweeted, "Light over darkness, hope over despair, knowledge over ignorance, good over evil - the UN lights up. Happy Diwali!"

The United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution to not hold meetings on Diwali day on December 29, 2014.