International Day of Peace – 21 September 2024

2024 Theme: Cultivating a Culture of Peace This year marks the 25th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace. In that declaration, the United Nations’ most inclusive body recognized that peace “not only is the absence of conflict, […]

World Ozone Day – 16 September 2024

The ozone layer, a fragile shield of gas, protects the Earth from the harmful portion of the rays of the sun, thus helping preserve life on the planet. The phaseout of controlled uses of ozone depleting substances and the related reductions have not only helped protect the ozone layer for […]

World Water Day – 24 March 2024

This year’s World Water Day, on 22 March 2024, will take place under the theme ‘Leveraging Water for Peace’. The UN Secretary-General António Guterres, in his World Water Day message, emphasized the urgent need for increased transboundary water cooperation: “Water for peace is the theme of this year’s World Water Day. Achieving it relies […]

International Day of Human Fraternity – 4 February

Human fraternity for peace and cooperation We need — perhaps more than ever before — to recognize the valuable contribution of people of all religions, or beliefs, to humanity and the contribution that dialogue among all religious groups can make towards an improved awareness and understanding of the common values […]

World Cities Day – 31 October 2023

Background The United Nations General Assembly designated 31 October as World Cities Day, by its resolution 68/239. The Day is expected to greatly promote the international community’s interest in global urbanization, push forward cooperation among countries in meeting opportunities addressing challenges of urbanization and contributing to sustainable urban development around the […]

Global Recycling Day – 18 March 2023

GLOBAL RECYCLING DAY Every year on March 18th, Global Recycling Day invites everyone to look at their trash in a different way. The initiative serves as a reminder that much of our trash is reusable, recyclable or not really trash at all. Worldwide we dump an astonishing 2.12 billion tons […]

Journée Internationale des musées – 18 mai 2022

Chaque année depuis 1977 se célèbre une journée internationale des musées, avec un thème particulier chaque année. Cette journée est l’occasion pour les professionnels des musées d’aller à la rencontre du grand public et de le sensibiliser aux défis auxquels les musées doivent faire face pour être des institutions au […]

Journée des Nations Unies -24 octobre

Une journée mondiale consacrée à l’organisme qui est à l’origine d’un grand nombre de journées mondiales… il fallait y penser. Le 24 octobre 1945… « La Journée des Nations Unies nous offre l’occasion de réaffirmer les idéaux énoncés dans la Charte des Nations Unies, qui jour pour jour est entrée […]