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International Days
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Theme: “Achieving Social Justice through Formal Employment”
Commemorative Event: 2022 World Day of Social Justice
Monday, 21 February 2022
1:15-2.30pm Eastern Time (New York time)Registration: here
The Permanent Mission of the Kyrgyz Republic to…
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Introduction
The Sustainable Development Agenda is centred on people & planet, underpinned by human rights and supported by a global partnership determined to lift people out of poverty, hunger and disease. It will, thus, be built on a…
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Today, the world population is over 7 billion people and more than one billion people, or approximately 15 per cent of the world’s population, live with some form of disability; 80 per cent live in developing countries.
The annual observance of the…
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The theme this year is: “Building Forward Together: Ending Persistent Poverty, Respecting all People and our Planet”.
The COVID-19 pandemic that gripped the world during the past year has resulted in over 3.7 million deaths and is reversing decades…
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The United Nations International Day of Older Persons 2021 theme “Digital Equity for All Ages[1]” predicates the need for access and meaningful participation in the digital world by older persons. The fourth industrial revolution characterized by…
IYD 2020 aimed to shed light on the need to enable the engagement of youth by making local, national and global institutions more inclusive for the purpose of strengthening their capacity (and relevance) to achieve global action. This year’s IYD…
The theme of International Youth Day 2021 is, “Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health”, with the aim of highlighting that the success of such a global effort will not be achieved without the meaningful…
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Each year, 9 August commemorates the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. It is celebrated around the world and marks the date of the inaugural session of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations at the United Nations in 1982.
As…
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Next 3 July, the International Day of Cooperatives (#CoopsDay) will be celebrated as “Rebuild better together”. Cooperatives around the world will showcase how they are meeting the COVID-19 pandemic crisis with solidarity and resilience and offering…
This July 3rd, the International Day of Cooperatives (#CoopsDay) will be celebrated as “Rebuild better together”. Cooperatives around the world will showcase how they are meeting the COVID-19 pandemic crisis with solidarity and resilience and…
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The UN General Assembly designated 15 June as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (res. A/RES/66/127).
Access to Justice
Violence, abuse and neglect of older persons are the most hidden and underreported violations of human rights.
Not only are older…
The theme of International Youth Day 2021 is, “Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health”, with the aim of highlighting that the success of such a global effort will not be achieved without the meaningful…