Tag: United Nations
From 2000 February UN promotes linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism on International Mother Language Day. While among many related issues UNESCO focuses this year on the efforts towards a multilingual internet, it is also important to draw attention to the importance of multilingual education, teaching children to understand what might not be provided to them in their mother language. I for one cannot imagine my life without the ability to speak and understand other languages besides my mother tongue. One of those other languages being English, the most widely used language of the world surely has quite a lot…
As we seek to build the world we want, let us intensify our efforts to achieve a more inclusive, equitable and sustainable development path built on dialogue, transparency and social justice. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Message for the 2013 World Day of Social Justice (via halftheskymovement)
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 of the World Summit for Social Development and the twenty-fourth session of the General Assembly. Observance of World Day of Social Justice should support efforts of the international community in poverty eradication, the promotion of full employment and decent work, gender equity and access to social well-being and justice for all.
“The UN is us, the UN is the Member States, and it can be as strong as the Member States wish it to be.” Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan was in New Haven to celebrate the publication of a five-book set of his U.N. papers, a joint project by Yale and the City College of New York. Annan answered questions in a town hall format with John Negroponte, the former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. who now teaches at Yale. See the full video above. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Further reading on International Holocaust Remembrance Day: The Holocaust and the United Nations sunnymayhem: 68 years ago Red Army soldiers freed the prisoners of Auschwitz concentration camp. “The premier demand upon all education is that Auschwitz not happen again.” (Theodor W. Adorno, Education after Auschwitz)
united-nations: “Violence against women must never be accepted, never excused, never tolerated. Every girl and woman has the right to be respected, valued and protected.” Join Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, UN Women and the SayNO – UNiTE to End Violence Against Women campaign in mourning the death of the 23-year old Delhi student who was gang-raped by six men in a moving bus.
Today is International Migrants Day! On 4 December 2000, the UN General Assembly, taking into account the large and increasing number of migrants in the world,proclaimed 18 December as International Migrants Day. On 18 December 1990, the General Assembly had adopted the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. Click the image to learn more!
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united-nations: Sunday is the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. Today, 21 million women, men and children are trapped in slavery all over the world. Prominent artists, athletes and advocates have teamed up with the International Labour Organization (ILO) and its new campaign to End Slavery Now, and so can you.
