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World Autism Day – 2 April

1 avril 2016
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Anglophones et anglophiles
Mots-clés: autism, disability, human diversity, inclusion, inequality, neuro-diversity, sustainable development goals SDG, UN

images-42016 Theme: « Autism and the 2030 Agenda: Inclusion and Neurodiversity »

Autism and other forms of disability are part of the human experience that contributes to human diversity. As such, the United Nations has emphasized the need to mainstream disability in the Organization’s development agenda. Mainstreaming disability requires an integral approach in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes in all political, economic and societal spheres, so that inequality is not perpetuated.

In September 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted the ambitious new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets that promise to leave no one behind.

While all SDGs are universally applicable, disability and persons with disabilities are explicitly referenced in the following goals: 4) Quality Education; 8) Decent Work and Economic Growth; 10) Reduced Inequalities; 11) Sustainable Cities and Communities; and 17) Partnerships for the Goals.

This year’s observance will look ahead to 2030 and reflect on the new SDGs and their implications for improving the lives of people with autism.

 

Source: Text: UN website; Image: becausereading.com

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – 21 March

20 mars 2016
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Anglophones et anglophiles
Mots-clés: bigotry, challenges, commitment, dignity, Durban Declaration, enslavement, fairness, human rights, intolerance, racial discrimination, racism, UN, xenophobia

2016 Theme: Challenges and Achievements of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action – 15 years after

The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is an opportunity to renew our commitment to building a world of justice and equality where xenophobia and bigotry do not exist. We must learn the lessons of history and acknowledge the profound damage caused by racial discrimination. »       Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

We need to fight racism everywhere, every day. But on 21 March – proclaimed by the General Assembly as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – all eyes are on the issue. This year, the International Day is devoted to challenges and achievements of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action – 15 years after the landmark document was adopted at the 2001 World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in South Africa.

The Durban Declaration and Programme of Action is the most comprehensive framework for fighting racism and related forms of intolerance and discrimination. It represents the firm commitment of the international community to tackle these issues, and serves as a basis for advocacy efforts worldwide.

It contains a broad range of measures aimed at combating racism in all of its manifestations, and underscores the human rights of all groups suffering from racial discrimination, emphasizing their right to participate freely and equally in political, social, economic and cultural life.

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« Fifteen years after the Durban Conference very little progress has been made in tackling racism, afrophobia, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, » three human rights experts said.  There is a clear need for putting into practice what was agreed to in Durban. This year’s anniversary, following the 10-year anniversary observed in 2011, provides the opportunity to recommit to taking the actions outlined in the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, and for all countries, individually and collectively, to intensify efforts aimed at reducing instances of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.

Photo: “People of African descent have for centuries been victims of racism, racial discrimination and enslavement and of the denial by history of many of their rights… they should be treated with fairness and respect for their dignity and should not suffer discrimination of any kind.” – Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, 2001. UN Photo/Logan Abassi, Haiti 2012
Source: Text & Photo: UN website

International Women’s Day 2016 – 8 March

7 mars 2016
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Anglophones et anglophiles
Mots-clés: 8 March, awareness, Ban Ki-moon, Gender equality, Planet 50-50 by 2030, UN

IWD2016_Banner_StepItUpMarch8March_RLB_0689_675x450-2The 2016 theme for International Women’s Day is “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality”. The United Nations observance on 8 March will reflect on how to accelerate the 2030 Agenda, building momentum for the effective implementation of the new Sustainable Development Goals. It will equally focus on new commitments under UN Women’s Step It Up initiative, and other existing commitments on gender equality, women’s empowerment and women’s human rights.

Events
The official UN commemoration will take place in the Trusteeship Council at the UN Secretariat in New York City from 10 a.m.-12.45 p.m. It will consist of a series of musical performances and two panel discussions. The first, from 10-11.15 a.m., will reflect on what a gender-equal planet means and how to achieve it by 2030 by joining the efforts of the United Nations, governments, civil society and the private sector. For the second panel, entitled “The Push for Parity”, panelists will probe the progress made in achieving gender equality in the UN system, examine the challenges remaining and unpack how to mainstream gender perspectives from 11.15 a.m.–12.45 p.m. 

Also on 8 March, Deputy Executive Director Lakshmi Puri will ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange in New York at 9 a.m. Similar events will take place in 34 countries around the world as part of joint awareness-raising efforts with the Global Compact.
Around the world, UN Women is organizing International Women’s Day events in more than 40 countries, including: a friendly hockey match between a men’s and women’s team in Tanzania on 5 March; a march and cycling rally in New Delhi, India on 6 March; a festival with live musical and dance performances in Palestine on 8 March; marches, a football match and painting expositions across Albania from 5-8 March; and a women’s “run to Step It Up” in São Paulo, Brazil on 20 March—to name just a few.

Speeches and messages
UN Secretary-General’s message for 2016
“We have shattered so many glass ceilings we created a carpet of shards. Now we are sweeping away the assumptions and bias of the past so women can advance across new frontiers,” says UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message for International Women’s Day 2016.

UN Women Executive Director’s message for IWD 2016
“Each one of us is needed—in our countries, communities, organizations, governments and in the United Nations—to ensure decisive, visible and measurable actions are taken under the banner: Planet 50-50: Step It Up for Gender Equality,” says UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka in her message.
For International Women’s Day messages from the UN system, visit Women Watch.

– See more at: http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/international-womens-day#sthash.6QgbZZ4w.dpuf    Source: Text & Image: UN Women

Journée mondiale de la justice sociale – 20 février

19 février 2016
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: De ceci... de cela...
Mots-clés: 20è siècle, chômage, classe ouvrière, démocracie, développement social, Justice sociale, Léon Xlll, pays développés, pays industrialisés, pensée humaniste, pensée marxiste, prise de conscience, UN

justice solciale, ze-media.tnS’il est bien une notion aussi peu et mal partagée sur les différents continents, c’est bien celle de la justice sociale. Et quand l’assemblée générale des Nations Unies a proclamé le 20 février, Journée mondiale de la justice sociale, elle a certainement mesuré la distance qui séparait le voeu de certaines réalités… Elle invite les États Membres à célébrer cette journée mondiale en menant à l’échelon de leur pays des activités concrètes visant à promouvoir les buts et les objectifs proclamés lors du sommet mondial pour le développement social.

Cette journée existe depuis 2009 et doit rappeler à tous que les gouvernements se sont engagés à faire de l’élimination de la pauvreté et du chômage une de leurs priorités. Le renforcement de la justice, la promotion de l’équité, la démocratie, la participation et la transparence sont les axes de travail proposés par l’assemblée.

Mais d’où nous vient-elle ?
Parler de justice sociale nous amène invariablement à nous interroger sur l’origine de cette notion. Habituellement, les historiens nous situent l’émergence de ce combat au début du 20° siècle, à l’époque des premières réactions organisées contre la société industrielle toute puissante et son étalage insolent de richesse côtoyant l’extrême pauvreté de la classe ouvrière.

Les combats menés alors ont permis d’une part une réelle prise de conscience et, pratiquement, des avancées notables dans le droit du travail, au moins dans les pays développés. Les uns y ont vu l’influence directe de la pensée marxiste, les autres ont d’avantage reconnu l’affirmation d’un courant de pensée humaniste en lien avec l’émergence de la doctrine sociale de l’église promue par le Pape Léon XIII.

Il ne nous revient pas d’arbitrer ce débat. L’important ait qu’il ait eu lieu et que la prise de conscience des uns et des autres ait pu faire avancer les choses. Les raisons de se réjouir existent, celles de s’alarmer aussi car, dans de trop nombreux pays, la notion de justice sociale reste un voeu pieu et n’entre pas en compte dans les réflexions gouvernementales.

Un site à visiter : www.un.org    Source: Texte: Journée mondiale   Image: ze.media.tn

International Solidarity Day – December 20

19 décembre 2015
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Anglophones et anglophiles
Mots-clés: cooperation, culture, global understanding, inernational development, international peace, Millenium Declaration, security, UN

earth-hour-2009Solidarity refers to a union of interests, purposes or sympathies among members of a group. In the Millennium Declaration world leaders agreed that solidarity was a value that was important to international relations in the 21st century. In light of globalization and growing inequality, the UN realized that strong international solidarity and cooperation was needed to achieve its Millennium Development Goals. The UN was founded on the idea unity and harmony via the concept of collective security that relies on its members’ solidarity to unite for international peace and security.

On December 22, 2005, the UN General Assembly proclaimed that International Solidarity Day would take place on December 20 each year. The event aimed to raise people’s awareness of the importance of advancing the international development agenda and promoting global understanding of the value of human solidarity. The assembly felt that the promotion of a culture of solidarity and the spirit of sharing was important in combating poverty.

Journée Internationale de la Solidarité Humaine – 20 décembre

19 décembre 2015
Nicole Gregoire
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Mots-clés: action, changer le monde, conflits, faim dans le monde, Lech Walesa, pauvreté, prix Nobel, responsabilité, rêver, UN, vision, XXlè siècle

solidariteL’idée de solidarité humaine à l’échelle mondiale peut changer le monde, a déclaré Lech Walesa, cofondateur du mouvement ouvrier Solidarnosc et lauréat du prix Nobel de la paix en 1983. L’ancien Président de la république polonaise inaugurait alors la cérémonie de lancement de la première Journée internationale de la solidarité humaine, qui sera célébrée chaque année le 20 décembre. Cette Journée, proclamée par l’Assemblée générale des nations unies en 2005, a pour but de souligner l’importance de la solidarité pour faire progresser l’ordre du jour des Nations Unies en matière de développement, en particulier, la lutte contre la pauvreté.

La Déclaration du Millénaire, adoptée par les chefs d’État et de gouvernement en 2000, définit d’ailleurs la solidarité comme l’une des valeurs fondamentales essentielles aux relations internationales du XXIe siècle. La solidarité, ce n’est pas que la compassion. Elle est un sentiment d’unité et de responsabilité commune, a souligné Lech Walesa. Nous devons en faire la base de l’ordre mondial contemporain. Elle doit réunir la communauté internationale pour l’amener à réaliser sa supériorité sur les intérêts nationaux, en appelant à s’opposer à la vision de conflit et à y répondre par une vision de principes basée sur cette valeur.

Nos rêves peuvent changer la face du monde mais ils doivent être accompagnés d’actions, a poursuivi Lech Walesa. (…) Nous ne pouvons résoudre aucun des grands problèmes du monde sans un partenariat mondial de grande envergure, a souligné Lech Walesa, estimant que le monde a besoin de changements et de mesures urgentes pour combattre la faim, les conflits, les catastrophes naturelles, les changements climatiques, les maladies et le terrorisme. Il ne faut pas avoir peur de rêver.       (Source: Journée mondiale)

Un site à visiter : www.un.org

International Disability Day – December 3

1 décembre 2015
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Anglophones et anglophiles
Mots-clés: dignity, handicapped people, mental disabilities, physical disabilities, rights, UN

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Disability Day, or the International Day of People with Disability, is a day that has been promoted by the United Nations since 1992.
The aim of Disability Day is to encourage a better understanding of people affected by a disability, together with helping to make people more aware of the rights, dignity and welfare of disabled people, as well as raise awareness about the benefits of integrating disabled persons into every aspect of life, from economic, to political, to social and cultural.
Disability Day is not concerned exclusively with either mental or physical disabilities, but rather encompasses all known disabilities, from Autism to Down Syndrome to Multiple Sclerosis.