World AIDS Day – 1st December

What is World AIDS Day? World AIDS Day is held on 1 December each year and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people who have died. World AIDS Day was the first […]

International Day of Peace – 27 September

Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples. The theme for 2017 is “Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and […]

International Albinism Awareness Day – 13 June

On the 13th of June 2017 is International Albinism Awareness Day. It had been proclaimed by the United Nations (UN) to spread information about albinism and to avoid mobbing and discrimination of albinos. The International Albinism Awareness Day aims to increase the global attention to human rights. Albinism is a […]

World Bipolar Day – 30 March

Like many mental illnesses, bipolar has become a flippant by-word to describe an unpredictable, emotional person. But for the millions of people who deal with themisunderstood condition, bipolar is not a joke. On World Bipolar Day, those living with the disease, as well as the health experts and charities who […]

Rapport de l’ONU…

La photo de la bannière ci-dessus est celle d’une femme de la tribu Rohingya. La photo date d’octobre 2015 alors que ce groupe ethnique faisait les manchettes de l’actualité. À regret, il faut dire que c’est encore le cas aujourd’hui. En effet, l’ONU vient de publier un rapport (février 2017) […]

World Radio Day – 13 February

Message from Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO on the occasion of the World Radio Day       We are living a revolution in how we share and access information – and, yet, in the midst of deep change, radio has never been so dynamic, engaging and important. This is UNESCO’s message […]

International Epilepsy Day – 8 February

International Epilepsy Day is marked in order to recognise that epilepsy is an illness and spread the message that people who suffer from it can be successful. It is estimated that one in every 100 people suffers from epilepsy. Despite it being a recognised neurological disorder, there is still a […]

International Holocaust Remembrance Day – 27th January

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day is annually observed on the 27th of January. It’s a solemn commemoration of the Holocaust which is considered to be the darkest period during the Nazi regime wherein millions of Jews including all other cultural minorities are brutally killed in mass concentration camps across the […]