International Mountain Day, celebrated since 2003, creates awareness about the importance of mountains to life, highlights the opportunities and constraints in mountain development and builds...
Human rights can empower individuals and communities to forge a better tomorrow. By embracing and trusting the full power of human rights as the path...
The overall objective of World Mental Health Day is to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world, global mental health education, and advocacy against social stigma. It...
Sustainable Gastronomy Day emphasizes the need to focus the world’s attention on the role that sustainable gastronomy can play. It also reaffirms that all cultures...
From the mountains to the ocean, healthcare solutions are all around usBy Inger Andersen, executive director, UN Environment Programme “You do not need to be...
Forests play a key role in our lives. On International Day of Forests countries are encouraged to undertake efforts to organize activities for forests and...
Zero Discrimination Day, 1 March, celebrates the right of everyone to live a full and productive life, and live it with dignity.It’s about inclusion, compassion,...
World Day of Social Justice promotes international cooperation for social development and to support developing countries and social groups that are not benefiting from the...
Holocaust remembrance and education in order to help to prevent future acts of genocide.The disturbing spread of neo-Nazism and other extremist groups and the growing climate of...