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Journée mondiale des maladies tropicales négligées – 30 janvier

Le 31 mai 2021, l’Assemblée mondiale de la santé (AMS) a reconnu le 30 janvier  Journée mondiale des maladies tropicales négligées (MTN)  par la décision WHA74(18).

Cette décision a officialisé le 30 janvier comme une journée visant à mieux sensibiliser à l’impact dévastateur des MTN sur les populations les plus pauvres du monde. Cette journée est également l’occasion d’appeler chacun à soutenir la dynamique croissante en faveur du contrôle, de l’élimination et de l’éradication de ces maladies.

Les partenaires mondiaux des MTN ont marqué la célébration en janvier 2021 en organisant divers événements virtuels et en illuminant des monuments et des bâtiments emblématiques.

Suite à l’adoption de la décision WHA74(18), l’OMS s’est jointe à la communauté des MTN pour ajouter sa voix à l’appel mondial.

Le 30 janvier commémore plusieurs événements, tels que le lancement de la première feuille de route contre les MTN en2012; la Déclaration de Londres sur les MTN ; et le lancement, en janvier 2021, de l’actuel feuille de route .

 

Source: Texte: WHO    Image: WHO EMRO

World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day – 30 January

On 31 May 2021, the World Health Assembly (WHA) recognized 30 January as World Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Day through decision WHA74(18).

This decision formalized 30 January as a day to create better awareness on the devastating impact of NTDs on the poorest populations around the world. The day is also an opportunity to call on everyone to support the growing momentum for the control, elimination and eradication of these diseases.

Global NTD partners had marked the celebration in January 2021 by organizing various virtual events and also by lighting up landmark monuments and buildings.

Following the adoption of decision WHA74(18), WHO has joined the NTD community in adding its voice to the global call.

Source: Text & Image: WHO

World Day Against Traficking in Persons – 30 July 2022

THEME 2022: “Use and abuse of technology” 

This year’s theme focuses on the role of technology as a tool that can both enable and impede human trafficking.

With the global expansion in the use of technology – intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic and the shift of our everyday life to online platforms — the crime of human trafficking has conquered cyber space. The internet and digital platforms offer traffickers numerous tools to recruit, exploit, and control victims; organize their transport and accommodation; advertise victims and reach out to potential clients; communicate among perpetrators; and hide criminal proceeds – and all that with greater speed, cost-effectiveness and anonymity.

Moreover, technology allows these criminals to operate internationally across jurisdictions and evade detection with greater ease. Traffickers use social media to identify, groom and recruit victims, including children; e-mails and messaging services are used for the moral coercion of the victims; and online platforms allow traffickers to widely advertise services provided by victims, including child photographical material.

Crisis situations can also intensify this problem. Criminals profit from the chaos, desperation, and separation of people – particularly women and children – from support systems and family members.

For people on the move, online resources can become a trap, especially when it comes to phony travel arrangements and fake job offers targeting vulnerable groups.

However, in the use of technology also lies great opportunity. Future success in eradicating human trafficking will depend on how law enforcement, the criminal justice systems and others can leverage technology in their responses, including by aiding investigations to shed light on the modus operandi of trafficking networks; enhancing prosecutions through digital evidence to alleviate the situation of victims in criminal proceedings; and providing support services to survivors. Prevention and awareness-raising activities on the safe use of the internet and social media could help mitigate the risk of people falling victim of trafficking online. Cooperation with the private sector is important to harness innovation and expertise for the development of sustainable technology-based solutions to support prevention and combatting of human trafficking.

 

Source: Text: un.org   Image: 123RF

Journée Internationale pour l’abolition de l’esclavage – 2 décembre

 

Sous l’égide du Ministère de la Culture en partenariat avec l’UNESCO, cet événement commémore la date anniversaire de l’adoption par l’Assemblée Générale des Nations Unies, de la Convention pour la répression et l’abolition de la traite des êtres humains et de l’exploitation de la prostitution d’autrui, le 02 décembre 1949.

Un combat de tous les jours
La célébration de cette journée, tout en s’inspirant de l’esprit de l’abolition de la traite des noirs, actualise le combat permanent contre toutes les autres formes d’esclavage moderne qui privent à de très nombreux êtres humains, leurs libertés et leurs droits les plus élémentaires à la dignité, au travail libre, à la vie tout simplement.

Kofi Annam, le Secrétaire Général des Nations Unies, dans son message du 02 décembre 2001, en rappelant l’abolition de l’esclavage, ajoutait ceci:  » Bien des gens pensent sans doute que ce traité n’a plus lieu d’être au XXIe siècle. Or il nous faut bien admettre que l’esclavage et la servitude restent encore trop fréquents, cachés sous les noms de travail obligatoire, travail forcé, exploitation de la main d’œuvre enfantine et traite des êtres humains « , marginalisation, exclusion des groupes sociaux.

L’esclavage actuel
Aujourd’hui, le travail forcé et l’exploitation sexuelle dont sont victimes les enfants, la prostitution des femmes. Le traitement discriminatoire des travailleurs migrants, les agressions quotidiennes contre les droits de l’homme la détérioration des termes de l’échange, le poids de la dette inique et injuste ont autant de formes de privation de libertés synonymes d’un esclavage de type moderne.

L’ONU et ses organismes affiliés en collaboration avec la communauté internationale ( ONU, syndicats, société civile…), renforcent leurs instruments internationaux pour l’éradication de toutes ces t’ormes modernes d’esclavage. Il s’agit notamment de l’adoption de nouvelles conventions:

La Convention internationale sur la protection des droits de tous les travailleurs migrants et des membres de leur famille;
La Convention des Nations Unies contre la criminalité transnationale organisée;
La Déclaration de la Conférence mondiale contre le racisme etc…

Approfondir la réflexion sur l’ensemble de ces questions, sensibiliser l’opinion sur cette lutte actuelle contre l’esclavage de type moderne, tels sont les enjeux de la célébration de cette Journée Internationale pour l’abolition de l’esclavage du 02 décembre.

Objectifs
Vulgariser et sensibiliser l’opinion sur les graves violations des libertés individuelles en particulier le trafic des enfants et des femmes;
Développer et partager la réflexion sur la nécessaire mobilisation de tous les secteurs de la société pour combattre ce fléau;
Amener les Etats et les Institutions internationales à faire à appliquer les traités internationaux et les lois nationales.

Un site à visiter : www.un.org        Source: Texte & Images: Journée Mondiale   2è image: National Day Calendar

 

World Polio Day – 24 October

 World Polio Day is an opportunity for the global polio eradication community to renew its promise of a polio-free world to future generations.

In honor of World Polio Day, CDC will celebrate and highlight polio eradication work around the globe using Twitter and Facebook. Tweets will feature the efforts and photos of CDC staff deployed in the field who are working to end polio. CDC will also create a photo gallery on the Center for Global Health Facebook page to feature images of polio eradication work done by CDC and partners worldwide.

World Polio Day, established by Rotary International over a decade ago, is held on October 24th in celebration of the birth of Dr. Jonas Salk, the man who led the first team to develop a vaccine against polio. The development of the polio vaccine reduced polio worldwide by 99% with only Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan as the remaining polio endemic countries in 2012.

Source: Text: CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   Image: Journée Mondiale

International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict – 19 June

« Endemic sexual violence including rape, abduction, human trafficking, sexual slavery and forced marriage contributes to the disproportionate suffering of women and girls in conflict. » — UN Secretary-General, António Guterres

On 19 June 2015, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 19 June of each year the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, in order to raise awareness of the need to put an end to conflict-related sexual violence, to honour the victims and survivors of sexual violence around the world and to pay tribute to all those who have courageously devoted their lives to and lost their lives in standing up for the eradication of these crimes.

The date was chosen to commemorate the adoption on 19 June 2008 of Security Council resolution 1820 (2008), in which the Council condemned sexual violence as a tactic of war and an impediment to peacebuilding.

2017 Theme: “Preventing Sexual Violence Crimes through Justice and Deterrence”.

Source: Text: UN  Image: Journée Mondiale

International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action – 4 April

The United Nations’ International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action is observed on April 4 each year. This day aims to raise awareness about landmines and progress toward their eradication.

On 8 December 2005, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly declared that April 4 of each year would be officially proclaimed and observed as International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. It was first observed on April 4, 2006.

It called for continued efforts by states, with assistance from the UN and relevant organizations, to help establish and develop national mine-action capacities in countries where mines and explosive war remnants constitute a serious threat to the safety, health and lives of people, or hinders social and economic development at the national and local levels.
 
According to the Landmine Monitor Report 2005, 84 countries were affected by landmines and unexploded ordnance, which together kill or maim between 15,000 and 20,000 adults and children annually. The UN works together with countries to find and destroy these devices. It also helps to provide various mine-action services in many countries.

Source: Text: www.timeanddate.com   Images: UNMAS