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Commemoration of International Day in New York
This year, in commemoration of the International Day of Older Persons (1 October), the theme “The future we want: what older persons are saying” has been chosen to draw attention to the efforts of…
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International Youth Day, 12 August 2013
12 August every year sees the commemoration of International Youth Day. International Youth Day 2013 will be celebrated under the theme: ‘Youth Migration: Moving Development Forward.’
Not only…
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Youth celebrate International Youth Day 2013
International Youth Day 2013 was widely celebrated across the world on 12 August 2013. Youth and youth-led organizations, Member States and others celebrated the day in context of their…
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Resources
As part of on-going activities for the forthcoming UN World Youth Report 2013, the UN Focal Point on Youth organized a Google+ Hangout on 6 March under the overarching theme: "Youth migration and development: towards sustainable…
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Programme of the Day
The 19th commemoration of the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples was held on Friday, 9 August 2013 at UN Headquarters in New York, organized by the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues…
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International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2013
9 August 2013
3:00PM
United Nations Headquarters
Conference Room 2New York
" Indigenous peoples building alliances: Honouring treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements…
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"Pueblos indígenas construyendo alianzas: En honor a los tratados, acuerdos, y otros arreglos constructivos”
La 19ava conmemoración del Día Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas del Mundo se ha realizado el Viernes, 9 de Agosto del 2013 en…
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The International Day of Cooperatives is an opportunity to place the spotlight broadly on the role of cooperatives in the social development process. Specifically, this year, the focus of the International Day will be on the role of cooperatives in…
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World Elder Abuse Awareness Day was launched on June 15, 2006 by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) and the UN’s World Health Organization.
On March 9, 2012, the UN General Assembly resolution 66/127 established…
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Theme: "Advancing social integration and inter-generational solidarity"
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Message from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
As we mark World Day of Social Justice, we see far too many places where there are increasing opportunities for a few and only rising inequality for the many.
Growing inequality undermines the…
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International Human Solidarity Day 2012
Global partnership for building shared prosperity
The General Assembly, on 22 December 2005, by resolution 60/209 identified solidarity as one of the fundamental and universal values that should underlie…