- 25 March 2021 - 25 March 2021
- Global
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade 2021
First observed in 2008 after a December 2007 resolution, the day honours and remembers the more than 15 million men, women and children who were brutalized under a slavery system that endured for more than 400 years. The legacy of the inhumane forced migration – 96 per cent of captives arrived in South America and the Caribbean islands – is the large population of people of African descent in the Americas.
- 21 March 2021 - 21 March 2021
- Global
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 2021
Read story- 12 March 2021 - 12 March 2021
- Youtube Live
High-Level Inter-Ministerial Dialogue on Scaling up Action to End Son Preference and Gender Biased Sex Selection
Join us for high-level dialogue uniting high level commitments to end son preference and the undervaluing of the girl, towards the full realization of Gender Equality in 2030.
Read story- 08 March 2021 - 08 March 2021
- Global
International Women’s Day 2021
In 1975, the United Nations began observing International Women’s Day – an occasion to celebrate women’s achievement – and in 1977, officially recognized it in a resolution calling for United Nations Day for Women and International Peace.
Read story- 01 February 2021 - 04 February 2021
- UN Web TV
Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS: First regular session 2021
The Executive Board holds its first regular session of the new year. The UNFPA segment will be held on 3 February.
- 14 December 2020 - 14 December 2020
- Youtube Live
Global Launch of the UNFPA Supplies Partnership
UNFPA Supplies enters its third phase from 2021 to 2030 as the UNFPA Supplies Partnership, paving the way for a new decade of commitment to advancing family planning and maternal health and accelerating progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
Join us on Monday, 14 December 2020 at 11:00 EST / 16:00 GMT for a virtual conversation featuring voices from across the Partnership, highlighting the sharpened strategic approach of the programme.
- 10 December 2020 - 10 December 2020
- Youtube Live
Peace Through Music: A Global Event for Social Justice
It may be the United Nations’ seventy-fifth anniversary this year, but here’s a gift for you: a music event with more than 200 artists from all over the world, no ticket required, on Human Rights Day.
With a special release on Youtube on the Playing for Change channel on Thursday, December 10th at 12 pm PST / 3 pm EST, Peace Through Music: A Global Event for Social Justice will feature artists and public figures like Aloe Blacc, Angélique Kidjo, Becky G, Brandi Carlile with Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, Carlos Santana and Cindy Blackman Santana, Gabi Melim, Gary Clark Jr., Jack Johnson, Mavis Staples, Peter Gabriel, Rhiannon Giddens, Ringo Starr, Robbie Robertson, Run The Jewels with Josh Homme, Sheila E., Skip and Cedella Marley, The War and Treaty, Yo-Yo Ma and more.
- 10 December 2020 - 10 December 2020
- UN Web TV
United Nations Population Award Ceremony 2020
The United Nations Population Award, which every year honours an individual and/or institution for outstanding contributions to population and reproductive health questions, was presented to the 2020 laureates during a virtual ceremony held on Thursday, 10 December 2020.
This year's winners are HelpAge India, in the institutional category, and Her Majesty Gyalyum Sangay Choden Wangchuck, Queen Mother of Bhutan, in the individual category.
- 10 December 2020 - 10 December 2020
- Global
Human Rights Day 2020
It has been 70 years since the United Nations formally established 10 December as Human Rights Day, after adopting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights two years earlier. (Fun fact: At more than 500 languages, it is the most translated document in the world.) The Declaration lists 30 human rights, among them freedom, equality, liberty and security.
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