UN World Days
The UN has voted a number of symbolic dates as World Days. Here are just a few of the 60 […]
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Other World Days (peace, non-violence, human rights)
Sometimes, local or regional “Day” initiatives are adopted by other countries, and end up being celebrated more widely. Here are […]
October 2 – International Day of Non-Violence
The UN created the International Day of Non-Violence to reaffirm “the universal relevance of the principle of non-violence” and “foster […]
March 8 – International Women’s Day
World Women’s Day predates the creation of the UN, since it was first celebrated in 1911 in various European countries, […]
November 20 – Universal Children’s Day
November 20 marks the day the Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child in 1959, and the […]
March 21 – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
The UN General Assembly proclaimed the International Day in 1966, following the 1960 massacre of black people during Apartheid in […]
December 10 – Human Rights Day
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, written in 1948, is the first international recognition that all human beings have fundamental […]
August 19 – World Humanitarian Day
World Humanitarian Day was established in December 2008 to raise public awareness: For the first World Humanitarian Day (2009), the […]
History of the culture of peace
UNESCO has been developing activities to promote a shared culture of peace since its inception, shortly after the Second World […]
Plan d’Etudes Romand – Cross-disciplinary skills
The Plan d’Etudes Romand (PER) (1) defines 5 cross-curricular skills, which clearly show that the aim is to promote living […]
The Geneva Spiritual Call
On October 24, 1999, United Nations Day, theGeneva Spiritual Appeal was proclaimed in Geneva Cathedral, signed by a number of […]
Preamble to the Constitution of UNESCO (Nov. 16, 1945)
The Governments of the States Parties to the present Convention, on behalf of their peoples, declare that: that since wars […]