Education is a human right! The Universal Declaration of Human Rights calls for free and compulsory elementary education. The Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted in 1989, stipulates that countries shall make higher education accessible to all. Education is key to sustainable development The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognizes that […]
UN Day marks the anniversary of UN Charter in 1945, following World War II. With the ratification of this founding document by the majority of its signatories, including the five permanent members of the Security Council, the United Nations officially came into being. 24 October has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948. In […]
2019 theme: GirlForce: Unscripted and Unstoppable From the UN Website: Nearly 25 years ago, some 30,000 women and men from nearly 200 countries arrived in Beijing, China for the Fourth World Conference on Women, determined to recognize the rights of women and girls as human rights. The conference culminated in the adoption of the Beijing Declaration […]
