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International Human Solidarity Day 2013
Bridging the gaps to reach the Millennium Development Goals
International Human Solidarity Day serves to remind us about the importance of solidarity for the achievement of the international…
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Theme: “Break Barriers, Open Doors: for an inclusive society and development for all”
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Message from the Secretary-General of the United Nations
Message from the President of the General Assembly
Messages of Inclusion
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The 2013 Commemoration of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (IDEP) will be held on Thursday, 17 October at United Nations Headquarters in New York, focusing on the theme - "Working together towards a world without discrimination:…
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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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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…