International Days

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Theme: "Ensuring work family balance" Message of the Secretary GeneralEnglish | French | Spanish | Chinese | Arabic | Russian | Background Note Information Note Programme Biographical notes of panellists Presentations Families at Work: What…
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Message from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon The General Assembly proclaimed 20 February as World Day of Social Justice in 2007, inviting Member States to devote the day to promoting national activities in accordance with the objectives and goals…
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International Human Solidarity Day 2011 International Human Solidarity Day, 20 December 2011: In the Millennium Declaration world leaders identified Solidarity as one of the fundamental values essential to international relations in the twenty-…
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"I call upon Governments and all concerned actors to design and carry out more effective prevention strategies and stronger laws and policies to address all aspects of elder abuse.  Let us work together o optimize living conditions for older persons…
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Theme for 2011: “Together for a better world for all: Including persons with disabilities in development” Introduction Persons with disabilities make up an estimated 15 per cent of the world’s population. Almost one-fifth of the estimated global…
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International Year of Cooperatives 2012 The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives, highlighting the contribution of cooperatives to socio-economic development, in particular recognizing…
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The 2011 Commemoration of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (IDEP) will be held on Monday, 17 October at United Nations Headquarters in New York, focusing on the theme "From Poverty to Sustainability:People at the Centre of…
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International Day of Older Persons, New York, 6 October 2011. The theme this year is: "Launch of Madrid+10: The Growing Oppotunities &Challenges of Global Ageing". Programme International Day of Older Persons, Geneva, 3 October 2011 [French…
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  International Youth Day today under the slogan ‘Change Our World' viernes, 12 agosto 2011 The United Nations marked International Youth Day today under the slogan ‘Change Our World,’ with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon underscoring…
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Indigenous designs: celebrating stories and cultures, crafting our own future." The 17th commemoration of the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples was held on Tuesday, 9 August 2011 at the UN Headquarters in New York.  The event was…
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International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2011 Messages of the Day Message of the Secretary-General [ AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH ] Message of the President of the 65th Session of the General Assembly Message of the Under-Secretary-…
  International Year of Youth drew to a close in New York   The International Year of Youth, which began on 12 August last year, drew to a close today in New York. The UN system’s activities for the Year had three main objectives; to…