UAE authorities clarified that the UAE Commemoration Day on Thursday, November 29, will not be a public holiday.
The original date of the celebration is November 30. However, since the date falls on a weekend, the Cabinet decided to move the date to November 29, Thursday, to make way for the ceremonies that will be undertaken by ministries and institutions across the country, reported Khaleej Times.
Commemoration Day will see the UAE flag raised at half mast at 8:00 a.m., and a minute of silence at 11:30 a.m., followed by the raising of the UAE flag and the national anthem.
President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan declared that November 30 of each year would be Commemoration Day, in recognition of the sacrifices the UAE’s martyrs gave to perform their duties to the homeland and keeping the UAE flag high.
