UN World Aids day message 2015!!

            I welcome this first-ever commemoration of World Youth Skills Day.  On July 15th each year, the international community will underscore the value of helping young people to upgrade their own abilities to contribute to our common future.             While overall more young people have greater educational opportunities than in the past, there are still some 75 million adolescents who are out of school, denied the quality education they deserve and unable to acquire the skills they...

Director-General of UNESCO, Ms Irina Bokova.

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is the perfect opportunity to emphasize indigenous peoples’ vital contribution to the implementation of sustainable solutions for tackling development challenges, from the management of natural resources to the fight against climate change.

Promoting the cultures, the languages and the knowledge of indigenous peoples is an essential part of UNESCO’s action. We know that respecting knowledge...

The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 3 March – the anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) – as World Wildlife Day.  On this second observance of the Day, the UN system, its Member States and a wide range of partners from around the world are highlighting the simple yet firm message that “It’s time to get serious about wildlife crime”.
Illegal trade in wildlife has become a sophisticated...

U N I T E D   N A T I O N S      N A T I O N S   U N I E S  THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL

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MESSAGE ON WORLD WILDLIFE DAY

3 March 2015

The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 3 March – the anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) – as World Wildlife Day.  On this second observance of the Day, the UN system, its Member States and a wide range of partners from around the world are highlighting the simple yet...

Hollywood actress Charlize Theron has said the international community cannot "sit back and wait on a cure" for HIV/Aids and must focus on changing human behaviour.

Overcoming fear and stigma to take anti-Aids drugs

Theme: Prevention Beyond Mother-to- Child Transmission (PbMTCT)
Collaborating with: Mildmay Uganda and Profam Royal Domiciliary Clinic
Description: In order to achieve " Getting To Zero", CSI joins the global community in the fight against HIV and AIDS by strengthening efforts to prevent future mother-to child transmissions and reaching out to adolescents and youth with educational materials and information to protect themselves. 
The CSI theme "PbMTCT" is to engage more parents, guardians,...

Director-General of UNESCO. Irina Bokova.

Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care.

We live in a world transforming deeply, rocked by multiple crises, on a planet facing rising pressure.

Environmental change has never been so deeply interconnected with our societies as it is today, in this era that many scientists call the Anthropocene, when human activity is the major force shaping the planetary system. The impact that individual women and men are having on the sustainability of...