INTERNATIONAL DAYS

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International Day of Action for Women's Health - May 28, 2006

The 1993 Day of Action for Women's Health focused on the number of deaths which occur as a result of unsafe and illegal abortion. In Argentina, a signature campaign to support decriminalization of abortion enlisted the aid of more than 100 influential citizens. The campaign in Brazil coincided with the introduction of reforms which would decriminalize abortion. In Chile, a nationwide campaign was launched to reinstate therapeutic abortion. The day was commemorated in Colombia with several events which advocated the decriminalization of abortion. Women in Costa Rica demanded being treated as subjects, not objects, of health policies, while Ecuadorian activists spent the day distributing an article analyzing the importance of the day and discussing the health problems of Ecuadorian women, especially those related to overwork, subordinate status, and illegal abortion. A new study was released in Mexico which revealed that four women die every day of pregnancy and child-birth related causes (40% of these are the complications of induced abortion). Nationwide activities were coordinated in Nicaragua including forums, theater presentations, festivals, and a women's march. A labor group joined the campaign in Peru, and efforts in Puerto Rico centered on preventing and surviving breast cancer. Elsewhere in the world, genital mutilation was the topic of a seminar in Canada, women in the Philippines launched a campaign against "needless" maternal mortality, and a Spanish group issued a publication analyzing abortion around the world and discussing the introduction of RU-486 to Spain. The next important date is September 28, when women's health groups in Latin America and the Caribbean will join to call for the legalization of abortion.

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لست أدرى سبباً لجعل هذا اليوم أعلاه يوماً دولياً. والغريب أن هذه دول وتلك جمعيات وهيئات تدعو إلى عدم تجريم الإجهاض، وجعله حقاً قانونياً.

إن الإجهاض قتل لنفس قدرهاالله، وما من نفس منفوسة إلا الله خالقها. ولا يجوز إلا في إطار المعايير الشرعية المنظمة لذلك.

أما من لا يعرفون عن الشريعة شيئاً بإراداتهم أو جهلاً منهم أو إنكاراً أو جحوداً أو غير ذلك فهم الذين يتخبطون يمنة ويسرة، تساندهم حكوماتهم تارة، وجمعيات نسوية تارة أخرى، وجهات ضالة مرة، وأصحاب دعاوي باطلة مرة أخرى. وهم يدعون إلى عدم تجريم الإجهاض على الإطلاق دون حدود أو قيود أو ضوابط، أو نظر للمصلحة غير الآنية وغير الشخصية.

إن من يقتل إنساناً في أي قانون أرضي وضعي يحاسبه ذلك القانون، فما الفرق بين هذا القتل وقتل نفس في رحم امرأة؟

إن المطلوب ليس عدم تجريم الإجهاض بل تجريمه بحيث يصل إلى درجة القتل العمد إذا توافرت له الشروط المفضية إلى ذلك.

ولأن المسألة قد خلت من كل وازع من دين أو ضمير يخرج علينا في العالم كله دعاة لمثل هذه الجرائم ويعتبرون هذا من باب الحرية الشخصية أو حق مكتسب أو أو أو، وما أكثر الأوات.

إن كل مجتمع -عربي أو أعجمي- يبتعد عن المعايير الإلهية قبل الإنسانية التي تحفظ للنفس الإنسانية كرامتها وقيمتها واحترامها هو مجتمع بدائي متخلف، لا حظ له من العقل أو الفكر أو الأمانة في الحفاظ على النفس التي حرمها الله.

إن السماح بالإجهاض دون ضوابط واضحة (وهي مقررة في شريعة الله ولا تحتاج لللمتحذلقين الحدثاء) هو دعوة لمرحلة جديدة من الفوضى الجنسية، بعد فوضى ضياع الأنساب واختلاطها في المجتمعات التي تسمح بهذا سراً جهراً. وهو وصمة عار على جبين تلك الأمم التي تدعو اليوم إلى شيء فتعلي من شأن دعوتها، ثم تكتشف بعد سنين أن ما دعت إليه كان باطلاً، فتنكس على أعقابها، ولا ت ساعة مندم.

إن الكثير من النسوة في دول كثيرة تقمن علاقات جنسية مع خليل أو غير ذلك ، وتنتهي بحمل غير مرغوب فيه. ثم تتدخل اعتبارات كثيرة لا يدخل ضمنها قيمة هذه الحياة الجديدة التي خلقها الله في رحم المرأة. أنما هي اعتبارات الدراسة والعمل والأسرة وكلام الناس ووصمة العار والتحرر وضيق ذات اليد.... إلخ فيكون الحل: الإجهاض أو إلقاء الطفل بعد ولادته في أقرب مقلب زبالة. وما أكثر هذه الحالات في كثير من الدولة. فلست أدري هل الامتناع عن العلاقات الجنسية المحرمة خير وأهون أم قتل النفس بدم بارد؟

وما أكثر الدعوات المشابهة لهذا على مر التاريخ وخاصة المعاصر منه.

بل إن الإعلان العالمي لحقوق الإنسان يسمح بالزنا واللواط والسحاق، والزواج من مثليي الجنس!!! فأي عالمية في هذا الإعلان؟ واي حقوق؟

وهذه الدول التي تتحدث باسم العالم تجرم تعدد الزوجات. فهاهم يجرمون ويحرمون الحلال، ويحللون الحرام. فليست هناك مشكلة إن كان للرجل كل يوم خليلة، ولكنها مشكلة تفضي بالرجل إلى السجن إن كانت له زوجة ثانية.

إن عدم تجريم الإجهاض يعني توجه مبالغ طائلة نحو أبحاث الإجهاض حتى تصبح المسألة مجرد تعاطي حبة دواء وينتهي الأمر. والحقيقة أن هذا هو الواقع في كثير من الدول الغربية خاصة. لا تتعدى المسألة حبة دواء بعد أقل من يوم من التعاطي الجنسي. ويعني الأمر أيضاً تصدير هذه التقنيات لدول العالم، ويعني ألف أمر آخر.

وعلى الرغم من أن الإجهاض يباح وفق ضوابط معينة وأن وجود تقنيات غير مؤلمة أو مكلفة نتيجة تطور البحث العلمي أمر محمود إلا أن الوسيلة للوصول إلى ذلك هي محط الخلاف، والثمن المدفوع للوصول إلى تلك الغاية -إن كانت واردة في الأذهان- ثمن باهظ لا يشعر بفداحته إى أصحاب الكرامة، والغيورين على العرض والشرف.

لقد اختلطت المعايير، وانقلبت الموازيين. وعار على بشرية هذادأبهاأن تكون من أهل هذا الزمان، أو أن تنتسب لبني الإنسان.

نسأل الله أن يجهض جهود هؤلاء البائسين، دعاة الفوضى والإباحية، أولئك الذئاب الذين يدخلون علينا بثياب الحملان.

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دكتورنا أحمد

أوافق إلى ما ذهبتم إليه، غير أننا نود دائما أن نكون في الصورة.

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International Day of Peacekeepers, 29 may 2006

VIENNA, 28 May (UN Information Service) -- The United Nations will observe the International Day of UN Peacekeepers for the second time on Saturday, 29 May. The General Assembly created the Day two years ago to pay tribute to "all the men and women who have served and continue to serve in UN peacekeeping operations, as well as to honour the memory of those who have lost their lives in the cause of peace." The first UN peacekeeping mission began with a group of military observers in Palestine on 29May 1948.

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World No Tobacco Day 2006
Tobacco: deadly in any form or disguise

Date: 31 May 2006
Place: Celebrated globally

This year, World No Tobacco Day aims to raise awareness – especially among young people – about the great variety of deadly tobacco products. Using the slogan "Tobacco: deadly in any form or disguise", activities and events worldwide will draw attention to the following facts:
• Tobacco is deadly in any form – cigarettes, pipes, waterpipes, snuff, bidis, kreteks, etc.
• Tobacco is deadly in any disguise – "light and mild", "low-tar", "organic", flavoured, etc.
With this theme for World No Tobacco Day 2006, WHO urges governments to regulate all tobacco products strictly.

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World Environment Day, 05 June

World Environment Day is an international celebration commemorated every year on June 5 to recognize the first United Nations Conference on the Human Environment at Stockholm in 1972.

The significance of this conference was to formulate ‘A Global Agenda for Change’! It envisioned and promoted the notion of Sustainable Development – to ensure that development meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
The full environmental implications of our current actions will not have a tremendous impact on today’s decision makers. It is the youth that will be left with the consequences of environmental degradation. Educating for the environment is extremely important to prepare the youth for environmental decisions of tomorrow and to ensure a healthy and sustainable future.

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World Ocean Day, 8 June

History
Created in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro - although not yet officially designated by the United Nations - World Ocean Day is an opportunity each year to celebrate our world ocean and our personal connection to the sea. The Ocean Project helps each year to coordinate events and activities worldwide with aquariums, zoos, museums, conservation organizations, schools, businesses. Together with the World Ocean Network, we are also working to have the United Nations officially designate World Ocean Day as June 8th each year. Take time to do something good for our ocean.

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World Day Against Child Labour
12 June 2006

The End of Child Labour:
Together we can do it!

The World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL), which is observed worldwide around the 12th June every year, is intended to serve as a catalyst for the growing worldwide movement against child labour. The WDACL has often focused on one of the “Worst Forms of Child labour” listed in Convention No.182, starting with the Unconditional Worst Forms, such as child trafficking. This was then followed by child domestic work and then child labour in mining last year. This year the event is focussed on the findings of the new ILO global report on child labour. The WDACL is an opportunity to reflect on the findings of the new ILO global report “The end of child labour: within reach” which was released on 4 May 2006, and will serve as the pinnacle background document for the debate on the 9th of June. This second Global Report documents the fact that there has been a major shift in the progress of the movement to end child labour. For the first time it can be documented that there is a world-wide decrease in child labour, with the worst forms of child labour decreasing most significantly. The Report reviews the ways in which this has been achieved – broadly speaking, the international community now understands the policies that have to be put into place, and is helping countries make them work. Furthermore, national ownership from developing countries in combating child labour and creating concrete time bound plans of action is now a priority. It is clear that countries do not have to wait until they become rich to eliminate child labour. While economic progress is important, putting the right policies into place matters at least as much.

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World Blood Donor Day 2006, 14 juin

Towards 100% voluntary blood donation:
this year, like every year, World Blood Donor Day will be commemorated on 14 June in a global celebration of the millions of people throughout the world who give their blood on a voluntary, unpaid basis to save the lives of those in need. The day aims to raise awareness of the need for safe blood, to thank and honour those blood donors who make transfusion possible and to encourage regular blood donation by suitable donors.

World Blood Donor Day 2006 will focus on commitment: commitment from healthy individuals to become regular voluntary unpaid blood donors, commitment from existing voluntary donors to continue to donate regularly and commitment by blood transfusion services and partner organizations to provide the highest standards of care at every stage of the transfusion process - from the collection of blood from the donor to its transfusion to the patient.

www.ifrc.org

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International Day of the African Child (16 June 2003)

In Soweto, South Africa, thousands of black school children took to the streets in 1976, in a march more than half a mile long, to protest the inferior quality of their education and to demand their right to be taught in their own language. Hundreds of young boys and girls were shot down; and in the two weeks of protest that followed, more than a hundred people were killed and more than a thousand were injured.
To honour the memory of those killed and the courage of all those who marched, the Day of the African Child has been celebrated on 16 June every year since 1991, when it was first initiated by the Organization of African Unity. The Day also draws attention to the lives of African children today. This year's theme is the need to ensure all children are registered at birth.

Source: UNICEF

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World Day to Combat Desertification, Juin 17

“The Beauty of Deserts – The Challenge of Desertification”
This year, there is double reason to celebrate the World Day to Combat Desertification, with 2006 being the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Accordingly, the IYDD is the focus of the 2006 World Day celebrations, and its message is reflected in this year's theme: "The Beauty of Deserts - The Challenge of Desertification".

The World Day to Combat Desertification is celebrated every year on 17 June all over the world in order to highlight the fact that desertification is of global concern and to strengthen the visibility and importance of the dry lands issue on the international environmental agenda.
This year, attention is given in addition to the world's deserts, magnificent ecosystems which have been home to ancient civilizations. The Day will therefore also celebrate the fragile beauty and unique heritage of our deserts.
2006 marks the tenth anniversary of the ratification of the UNCCD, the only internationally recognized, legally binding instrument that addresses the problem of land degradation in dry lands and which enjoys a truly universal membership of 191 Parties. It plays a key role in global efforts to eradicate poverty, achieve sustainable development and reach the Millennium Development Goals.
17 June represents an opportunity to remind everyone that desertification can be effectively tackled through strengthened community participation and co-operation at all levels.
Country Parties and civil society organizations are invited to organize events to celebrate this special World Day to Combat Desertification to help raise awareness and galvanize action to meet this important challenge.

http://www.iydd.org/

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5th World AIDS Orphans’ Day Monaco «official supporter»


On the initiative of H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince, the Mairie of Monaco will be taking part in the 5th World AIDS Orphans’ Day on 7th May 2006. Monaco was the first town in Europe to declare the 7th May as World
AIDS Orphans’ Day back in 2004.

Launched in 2002 by the Association François-Xavier Bagnoud - FXB – within the framework of the United Nations Special Session on Children, this International Day of Solidarity aims to focus public attention on the distress
of these vulnerable children and the consequences of their exclusion from society. Taking care of AIDS
orphans (over 15 million across the globe) is a major human, economic and social challenge. Since FXB was
first created, it has helped more than 1 500 000 people in 17 countries throughout the world.

From 31st May to 2nd June 2006, Governments are being called upon to assess the progress achieved
concerning the commitments they made at the United Nations General Assembly Special Session
(UNGASS) in New York in 2001.

Pending the upcoming progress report, it is however obvious that the fixed objectives are far from being reached
and that national action is quite clearly insufficient to cope with neither the world AIDS crisis nor that of the
orphans and children made vulnerable by the virus. FXB is therefore launching an appeal for donations and
would like to remind potential donors that 50 Euros will cover all tuition and schooling fees (uniform, school
material, enrolment) for one orphan in Africa for a full year, while 100 Euros, for example, will provide 70
orphans with a daily meal for a whole month in South Africa.

http://www.gouv.mc/304/wwwnew.nsf/1909$/C75A2D88D1936053C12571630034C676GB?
OpenDocument&2GB

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International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking

Drugs: treatment works" is the theme of UNODC's year-long campaign launched on 26 June, the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking. The goal of the campaign is to emphasize the importance and effectiveness of drug treatment - to drug dependent individuals, as well as to the general public. Additionally, UNODC hopes to diminish the stigma attached to drug users by showing the possibilities for a positive future using the stories of individuals who have successfully undergone treatment and are engaged in a productive life.
The campaign is being launched in conjunction with the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, which is celebrated every year on 26 June to commemorate the signature of the Declaration adopted at the International Conference against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking on that day in 1987. The decision was taken by the General Assembly during its 42nd session by way of resolution 112 entitled "International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking". The document is also available in Spanish, French, Arabic, Chinese and Russian.
Every year, a theme is established and thousands of people around the world are mobilized through UNODC's field office network to celebrate the day. Civil society organizations are particularly involved in relating their activities to the celebration of the International Day.

http://www.unodc.org/unodc/event_2004-06-26_1.html

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Journée mondiale du bandeau blanc contre la pauvreté, 1 juillet 2006

En détail
La première journée de mobilisation internationale «Bandeau Blanc» était vendredi 1er juillet. Cette date était l’un des points d’orgue de l’Action mondiale contre la pauvreté, quelques jours avant le G8 au Royaume-Uni. Les organisations de la société civile qui s’associent à l’Action mondiale contre la pauvreté ont demandé aux pays membres du G8 (Etats-Unis, France, Grande-Bretagne, Allemagne, Canada, Italie, Japon, Russie) de s’occuper prioritairement de questions concernant l’annulation de la dette de pays le plus pauvres, l’augmentation de l’aide internationale y compris sa qualité et de réflexions pour rendre le commerce mondial plus juste.


Le Bandeau blanc

Le bandeau blanc symbolise l’unité et l’engagement de la société civile du monde entier face à l’objectif de la lutte contre la pauvreté. Le port du bandeau blanc permet facilement à chacun, riche ou pauvre, de participer partout dans le monde - au travail, à l’école, en voyage, passent la soirée avec des amis, ou simplement à la maison en famille. En portant le bandeau blanc autour du poignet, des millions de personnes montrent symboliquement par ce geste leur solidarité avec ceux et celles qui, au quotidien, subissent les conséquences d’une pauvreté extrême.

Pour manifester leur soutien à l’Action mondiale contre la Pauvreté, des organisations ou institutions peuvent également participer en hissant un bandeau blanc sur le fronton de leur façade.

Info : www.whiteband.org

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2 juillet : Journée mondiale de lutte contre la tuberculose


La tuberculose tue 2 millions de personnes par an. Faute de nouveaux moyens diagnostic et de médicaments plus efficaces, elle continue de progresser avec 8 millions de nouveaux cas chaque année. A l'occasion de la journée mondiale de lutte contre la tuberculose, découvrez notre dossier sur cette maladie contagieuse.
20.000 patients soignés dans 32 projets et 17 pays, c'est l'investissement de MSF dans la lutte contre la tuberculose, à travers des programmes spécifiques de prise en charge de malades, comme en Ethiopie, en Géorgie ou en Afghanistan, ou dans le cadre de ses autres programmes d'assistance.
Cette maladie bactérienne, responsable du décès de 2 millions de personnes chaque année selon l'Organisation mondiale de la santé, progresse alors que les traitements mis sur le marché dans les années 40 ou 60 sont de moins en moins adaptés et efficaces, que les moyens de diagnostic sont de plus en plus aléatoires et que l'efficacité du vaccin même est en question. La maladie progresse, avec 8 millions de nouveaux cas chaque année, à la faveur des résistances au traitement et vaccin actuels, de la pandémie de sida dont la tuberculose est l'une des maladies opportunistes (on estime que 70% des patients tuberculeux en Afrique sont aussi infectés par le VIH) et enfin de l'augmentation de la pauvreté.

Il est donc urgent de relancer activement la recherche pour de nouveaux moyens diagnostic et des médicaments plus efficaces, simples d'utilisation (le traitement de première ligne actuel dure de 6 à 8 mois et a des effets secondaires lourds) et à la portée des malades.

http://www.journee-mondiale.com/textes/2-juillet-tuberculose.php

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International Day of Cooperatives, 6 July


The United Nations has proclaimed first Saturday of July as the International Day of Cooperatives in recognition of the indispensable role cooperatives play in economic and social development.
IFAD focuses on improving a range of opportunities for the rural poor - primarily through better agricultural production, rural finance and local capacity-building. In these areas, IFAD's bottom-up approach encourages the participation of the rural poor and the formation of local groups.
Group formation fosters participation and enables the poor themselves to own their own development efforts. This not only ensures that measures are targeted efficiently but also helps to make development activities sustainable after a project ends.
The development of small enterprise groups can benefit rural economies because they help promote growth in rural areas. In addition, the promotion of rural entrepreneurs also helps revitalize local economies through the development of various activities aimed at satisfying the basic needs of rural households (manufacturing and repair workshops, garment making, hairdressing, small shops, small business centres, etc.).
IFAD systematically promotes participatory approaches and community mobilization across all regions. The recent development of the microfinance sector has helped to fill an important 'gap' in rural areas by providing basic savings and credit services to the poor. In Benin, for example, IFAD financed an outreach programme enabling the cooperative system of savings and loans to reach the poor. Credit recovery rates were more than 97% by the time the project was completed.
Guadelupe, 58, is one of the 71 members forming the Cooperativa Agrícola Integral Paquixeña Cuchumateca at Paquix in Guatemala. The cooperative used to sell its produce to middlemen, "…sharks, who were making the most profit, and earning more than we were", she says. Thanks to project services and training, these farmers — who previously had never attended school or at least not for very long — are now managers, assistant bookkeepers and loan officers, marketing their own produce with double the return.
In Lebanon, under IFAD's Smallholder Livestock Rehabilitation Project, Walid Sabah, runs the Zahle cattle cooperative. He has teamed up with 14 other local men to make the most of the resources they have. "The fights among factions were intense and 70% of the local livestock were destroyed", explains Sabah. The project lent them nine cows; they were able to add ten more, some imported from France. They now have good milk production and once again earn a decent living.
Representative rural enterprise institutions such as trade or business associations should be reinforced and encouraged to provide a range of services and advice to their members, including market information and business knowledge. These associations should, in addition, lobby the government concerning issues linked to the small rural enterprise sub-sector.
Even the most disadvantaged and poorest groups - rural women, indigenous peoples, small and marginal farmers — can overcome hunger and poverty if they are empowered to do so. They have the capacity and the will: what they need is the opportunity and the means.


http://www.ifad.org/media/events/2001/coop.htm

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Tant qu’on n’aura pas créé un traité international sur le commerce des armes, les initiatives locales seront toujours sabotées par l’inaction des autorités et les armes continueront de tomber entre de mauvaises mains.» <br /><br />Barbara Stocking, directrice d’Oxfam <br /><br /><br />Les chiffres parlent d’eux-mêmes : <br />– Environ 640 millions d’armes sont en circulation, soit une pour dix personnes. <br />– Quelque 8 millions d’armes sont produites chaque année. <br />– Environ 14 milliards de cartouches à usage militaire sont fabriquées tous les ans, ce qui correspond à deux balles par personne. <br />– Mille deux cent quarante-neuf entreprises implantées dans plus de 90 pays produisent des armes légères. Dans certains de ces &Eacute;tats, les réglementations commerciales sont quasi inexistantes. <br />– Dans les deux principaux pays producteurs d’armes – les &Eacute;tats-Unis et <personname w:st="on" ProductID="la Russie" />la Russie</personname /> –, le volume de production d’armes de type militaire augmente. <br />– Au lieu de détruire les armes vétustes ou en surnombre, la plupart des &Eacute;tats revendent leurs stocks excédentaires et assurent ainsi la prolifération toujours plus importante des armes sur la planète. <br />– Seuls trois pays – le Nigéria, <personname w:st="on" ProductID="la Lettonie" />la Lettonie</personname /> et l’Afrique du Sud – disposent d’une politique de destruction des excédents ou des saisies d’armes. Des informations précises font état de ventes au rabais d’armes qui se retrouvent entre les mains de criminels ou de rebelles. <br />– En moyenne, environ un million d’armes sont perdues ou volées chaque année. <br />– Plusieurs centaines de milliers d’armes sont perdues par les forces de sécurité des &Eacute;tats chaque année. <br /><br />L’exemple de l’Irak illustre de manière extrême cette dernière donnée : en 2003, des millions d’armes ont été pillées à travers le pays. Au moins 650000 tonnes d’armements et d’explosifs ont été saisis par les forces américaines et alliées sur l’ensemble du territoire, dans des dépôts militaires abandonnés ; restées quasiment sans surveillance, de grandes quantités d’armes ont été volées. <br /><br />Aux quatre coins de la planète, des personnes ayant réchappé à la violence par les armes, des familles de victimes et des militants procèdent à la destruction d’armes : <br />– Au Brésil, 6 500 armes à feu illégales saisies par la police seront détruites par Viva Rio, par l’armée brésilienne et par les autorités de l’&Eacute;tat de Rio. Oscar Niemeyer, le célèbre architecte brésilien, érigera un monument de la paix à partir des armes détruites. <br />– En Afrique du Sud, des groupes militant en faveur du contrôle des armes s’emploieront, avec les autorités, à détruire publiquement une cache d’armes illégales. Cette initiative marquera l’entrée en vigueur de la nouvelle loi relative au contrôle des armes à feu, dont l’objectif est de diminuer les réserves d’armes au sein de la population. <br />– &Agrave; Londres (Royaume-Uni), des familles ayant perdu un enfant dans des faits de violence armée écraseront 300 armes symboliques à l’aide d’un rouleau compresseur. <br />– Enfin, au Cambodge, 4000 armes illégales ou en excédent seront détruites à l’occasion d’une cérémonie intitulée « Flamme de <personname w:st="on" ProductID="la Paix" />la Paix</personname /> ». <br /><br /><personname w:st="on" ProductID="La Journée" />La Journée</personname /> internationale de la destruction des armes légères constitue l’événement majeur de la semaine mondiale d’action contre les armes légères. &Agrave; cette occasion, des groupes de plus d’une quarantaine de pays du monde entier ont pris l’initiative d’agir contre la violence armée dans leurs lieux de vie. <br /><br />"Les vraies armes de destruction massive, ce sont les armes classiques. Il est temps que les gouvernements déploient autant d’efforts pour contrôler le commerce des armes que pour tenter de mettre fin à la prolifération d’armes de destruction massive." <br /><br />Rebecca Peters, directrice du Réseau d’action international sur les armes légères (RAIAL).<p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: " fr?="" mso-ansi-language:="" sans?;="" lucida=""><p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: " fr?="" mso-ansi-language:="" sans?;="" lucida=""><a href="http://www.journee-mondiale.com/textes/9-juillet-destruction.php">http://www.journee-mondiale.com/textes/9-juillet-destruction.php</a><p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: " fr?="" mso-ansi-language:="" sans?;="" lucida=""><p></p></span></p><p></p>

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<strong><font color="#0000ff">World Population Day, 11th July,2006<br /></font></strong><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left"><b><span style="color: blue">Statistics<br /><p><br /><table class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: #f4e6bf; margin: auto 6.75pt; width: 93.18%; mso-cellspacing: 0cm; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-anchor-vertical: margin; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-table-left: left; mso-table-top: 53.8pt" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="93%" align="left" border="0"><tr style="height: 109.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"><td style="border-right: white 3pt solid; padding-right: 4.5pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 4.5pt; padding-bottom: 4.5pt; border-left: #ece9d8; padding-top: 4.5pt; border-bottom: #ece9d8; height: 109.6pt; background-color: transparent" valign="top"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-top: 53.8pt; mso-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana">1-Half of the world’s people are under the age of 25. Some three billion children and young people are, or will soon be, of reproductive age. <p></p></span></p></td><td style="border-right: white 3pt solid; padding-right: 4.5pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 4.5pt; padding-bottom: 4.5pt; border-left: #ece9d8; padding-top: 4.5pt; border-bottom: #ece9d8; height: 109.6pt; background-color: transparent" valign="top"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-top: 53.8pt; mso-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana">2-Universal access to reproductive health, including family planning, is the starting point for a better future for the 1.5 billion young people (ages 10 to 24) who live in developing countries.<p></p></span></p></td><td style="border-right: white 3pt solid; padding-right: 4.5pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 4.5pt; padding-bottom: 4.5pt; border-left: #ece9d8; padding-top: 4.5pt; border-bottom: #ece9d8; height: 109.6pt; background-color: transparent" valign="top"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-top: 53.8pt; mso-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana">3-In 57 developing countries, over 40 per cent of the population is under 15.<p></p></span></p></td><td style="border-right: white 3pt solid; padding-right: 4.5pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 4.5pt; padding-bottom: 4.5pt; border-left: #ece9d8; padding-top: 4.5pt; border-bottom: #ece9d8; height: 109.6pt; background-color: transparent" valign="top"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-top: 53.8pt; mso-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana">4-The number of youth in the world surviving on less than a dollar a day in 2000 was an estimated 238 million, almost a quarter (22.5 per cent) of the world’s total youth population.<p></p></span></p></td><td style="border-right: white 3pt solid; padding-right: 4.5pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 4.5pt; padding-bottom: 4.5pt; border-left: #ece9d8; padding-top: 4.5pt; border-bottom: #ece9d8; height: 109.6pt; background-color: transparent" valign="top"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-top: 53.8pt; mso-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana">5-Despite a shift toward later marriage in many parts of the world, 82 million girls in developing countries who are now aged 10 to 17 will be married before their 18th birthday.<p></p></span></p></td></tr></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p class="header1" style="margin: auto 0cm"><span style="color: blue"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana">Youth and the Millennium Development Goals<p></p></font></font></span></p><p class="bodytext" style="margin: auto 0cm"><span style="color: blue"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana">UNFPA has a vision of a world fit for young people. It is a world that promotes and protects their rights, provides opportunities to develop their full potential, welcomes and respects their voices and views, and where they live free of poverty, discrimination and violence. In such a world, young people possess the knowledge and skills required to make informed, voluntary and responsible life choices, including decisions about sexual and reproductive health.<p></p></font></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left"><span style="color: blue"><a href="http://www.unfpa.org/wpd/index.htm">http://www.unfpa.org/wpd/index.htm</a><p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left"><span style="color: blue"><p>*</p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left"></p></p></span></b></p>

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<a href="http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=5420&amp;URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&amp;URL_SECTION=201.html"><br /><br /><div dir="ltr" align="left"><table class="MsoNormalTable" style="width: 100%; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; mso-cellspacing: .7pt" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"><td style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0cm; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; border-left: #ece9d8; padding-top: 0cm; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent"><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: arial"><strong>23 August: International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition</strong><i><strong>*</strong></i>The night of 22 to 23 August <metricconverter ProductID="1791, in" w:st="on">1791, in</metricconverter> <city w:st="on">Santo Domingo</city> (today <country-region w:st="on">Haiti</country-region> and the <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Dominican Republic</place></country-region>) saw the beginning of the uprising that would play a crucial role in the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.</span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; 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padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent"><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: arial"><p>*</p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is intended to inscribe the tragedy of the transatlantic slave trade in the memory of all peoples. In accordance with the goals of the intercultural project "The Slave Route", it should offer an opportunity for collective consideration of the historic causes, the methods and the consequences of this tragedy, and for an analysis of the interactions to which it has given rise between Africa, Europe, the <country-region w:st="on">Americas</country-region> and the <place w:st="on">Caribbean</place>. <p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">The Director-General of UNESCO invites the Ministers of Culture of all Member States to organize events every year on that date, involving the entire population of their country and in particular young people, educators, artists and intellectuals.<p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition was first celebrated in a number of countries, in particular in <country-region w:st="on">Haiti</country-region> (23 August 1998) and Goree in <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Senegal</place></country-region> (23 August 1999). Cultural events and debates too were organized. The year 2001 saw the participation of the <placename w:st="on">Mulhouse</placename> <placename w:st="on">Textile</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Museum</placetype> in <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">France</place></country-region> in the form of a workshop for fabrics called "Indiennes de Traite" (a type of calico) which served as currency for the exchange of slaves in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.<p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">Circular CL/3494 of 29 July 1998 from the Director-General to Ministers of Culture invites all the Member States to organize events to mark 23 August each year.<br /><br /><a href="http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31807&amp;URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&amp;URL_SECTION=201.html"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none">Read the Director-General’s message of 23 August 2006</span></a>.<p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">The UNESCO Executive Board adopted <a href="http://portal.unesco.org/culture/admin/file_download.php/document_en.pdf?URL_ID=5420&amp;filename=11000948275do cument_en.pdf&amp;filetype=application%2Fpdf&amp;filesize= 5291&amp;name=document_en.pdf&amp;location=user-S/"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none">resolution 29 C/40</span></a> at its 29^th session.</span></p></td></tr></table></div><br /><br />http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=5420&amp;URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&amp;URL_SECTION=201.html</a>

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<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left"><span style="color: blue"><strong><font size="3">International Literacy Day, 8^th <span style="mso-spacerun: yes">*</span>September 2006<p></p></font></strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left"><span style="color: blue"><p>*</p></span></p><div dir="ltr" align="left"><table class="MsoNormalTable" style="width: 100%; mso-cellspacing: .7pt" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"><td style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; border-left: #ece9d8; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent"><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana">International Literacy Day is celebrated each year on 8 September. The aim: to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies. The theme of this year's celebration is Literacy and Gender. Today almost one in every seven people is illiterate, and out of a total of 860 million illiterate adults more than 500 million are women.</span><span style="color: blue"><p></p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana"><p>*</p></span></p><div dir="ltr" align="left"><table class="MsoNormalTable" style="width: 100%; mso-cellspacing: 0cm; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"><td style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0cm; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0cm; background: white; padding-bottom: 0cm; border-left: #ece9d8; padding-top: 0cm; border-bottom: #ece9d8" valign="top"><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana"><shapetype id="_x0000_t75" stroked="f" filled="f" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" coordsize="21600,21600"><stroke joinstyle="miter"></stroke><formulas><f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></f><f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></f><f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></f><f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></f><f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></f></formulas><path o:connecttype="rect" gradientshapeok="t" o:extrusionok="f"></path><lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></lock></shapetype><p></p></span></p><div dir="ltr" align="left"><table class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 100%; mso-cellspacing: 0cm; mso-padding-alt: 8.35pt 8.35pt 8.35pt 8.35pt" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"><td style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 8.35pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 8.35pt; padding-bottom: 8.35pt; border-left: #ece9d8; padding-top: 8.35pt; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" valign="top"><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana"><a href="http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=32738&amp;URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&amp;URL_SECTION=201.html"><b><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">International Literacy Day 2004 to focus on gender</span></b></a><br /><br />The theme for this years International Literacy Day Celebration is Literacy and Gender. The theme is in harmony with the theme of the first two years of the United Nations Literacy Decade which supports EFA Dakar Goals.<br /><p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana"><p><br />*</p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana"><p><a href="http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=32626&amp;URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&amp;URL_SECTION=201.html">http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=32626&amp;URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&amp;URL_SECTION=201.html</a></p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left"><span style="color: blue"><p>*</p></span></p>

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<p class="sthd1" style="margin: auto 0cm" align="left"><span style="color: blue"><strong><font face="Verdana">World Suicide Prevention Day<p align="left"></p></font></strong></span></p><p align="left"><span><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><strong>Date:</strong> 10 September 2006<br /><strong>Place:</strong> Celebrated globally <p align="left"></p></font></font></span></p><p align="left"><span style="color: blue"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana">This day is an initiative of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) in collaboration with WHO and other NGOs. It calls attention to suicide as a leading cause of premature and preventable death. This year's theme is "With understanding, new hope" and the focus is on translating current scientific knowledge and research about suicidal behaviour into practical programmes and activities that can reduce suicidal behaviour and save lives. <p align="left"></p></font></font></span></p><p align="left"><span style="color: blue"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana">At the UN in <state w:st="on" /><place w:st="on" />New York</place /></state />, the World Suicide Prevention Day will be observed on Friday, 8 September 2006 with a panel discussion and a press briefing. Several other activities will take place from 8-15 September <metricconverter w:st="on" ProductID="2006 in" />2006 in</metricconverter /> many places around the world. <p align="left"></p></font></font></span></p><p align="left"><span style="color: blue"><a href="http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/2006/world_suicide_prevention_day/en/index.html"><font face="Verdana" size="2">http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/2006/world_suicide_prevention_day/en/index.html</font></a><p></p></span></p>

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<p class="bodytextnormal" style="margin: auto 0cm" align="left"><strong><span style="color: blue"><font size="2"><font face="Arial">International Day For the Preservation of Ozone Layer, September 16^th <p align="left"></p></font></font></span></strong></p><p class="bodytextnormal" style="margin: auto 0cm" align="left"><span style="color: blue"><font size="2"><font face="Arial">On 19 December 1994, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 16 September the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, commemorating the date, in 1987, on which the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was signed. <p align="left"></p></font></font></span></p><p class="bodytextnormal" style="margin: auto 0cm" align="left"><span style="color: blue"><font size="2"><font face="Arial">States are invited to devote the Day each year to promote, at the national level, activities in accordance with the objectives of the Montreal Protocol and its amendments. <p align="left"></p></font></font></span></p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: arial"><p align="left"></p></span><p align="left"></p><p align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: arial"><a href="http://www.unep.fr/ozonaction/events/ozoneday/">http://www.unep.fr/ozonaction/events/ozoneday/</a><p></p></span></p>

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<h1 style="margin: auto 0cm" align="left"><a name="top"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana; mso-ansi-language: en">World Alzheimer's Day</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana; mso-ansi-language: en"> - September 21<h1 align="left"></h1></span></h1><p align="left"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana; mso-ansi-language: en">World Alzheimer's Day™, 21 September each year, is a day on which Alzheimer associations concentrate their efforts on raising awareness about dementia. There are an estimated 24 million people around the world who currently have dementia.</span></p><p align="left"></p><p align="left"></p><p align="left"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana; mso-ansi-language: en">Each year a special theme is selected about which ADI prepares and distributes promotional materials to our member Alzheimer associations, other organisations and individuals around the world. Getting people to campaign collectively on a unifying theme in their country is the most effective way of bringing dementia to the global attention of governments, opinion leaders, medical professionals, people with dementia and their careers.<p align="left"></p></span></p><p align="left"><span lang="EN" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;; mso-ansi-language: en; mso-fareast-language: en-us"><a href="http://www.alz.co.uk/adi/wad/"><span dir="ltr">http://www.alz.co.uk/adi/wad/</span></a></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left" align="left"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana">International Day of Peace, 21 September </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: arial"><p></p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left" align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: arial"><p>*</p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left" align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">In 1981 the United Nations General Assembly passed resolution 36/67 declaring an International Day of Peace. In 2001, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a new resolution 55/282 declaring 21 September of each year as the International Day of Peace.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana"><p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">The resolution: </span><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana">"Declares that the International Day of Peace shall henceforth be observed as a day of global ceasefire and non-violence, an invitation to all nations and people to honour a cessation of hostilities for the duration of the Day...<br /><br />“Invites all Member States, organizations of the United Nations system, and non-governmental organizations and individuals to commemorate, in an appropriate manner, the International Day of Peace, including through education and public awareness, and to cooperate with the United Nations in the establishment of the global ceasefire.”</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana"><p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">Secretary-General Kofi Annan has asked all United Nations departments and agencies to expand their observance, extending a special invitation to civil society and highlighting the Minute of Silence at 12 noon.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana"><p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana"><a href="http://www.worldpeace.org/peaceday.html">http://www.worldpeace.org/peaceday.html</a><p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana"><p>*</p></span></p>

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<br /><br /><div dir="ltr" align="left"><table class="MsoNormalTable" style="width: 100%; mso-cellspacing: 1.5pt" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"><td style="border-right: #c7c7c7 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: #c7c7c7 1pt solid; padding-left: 5pt; background: #f2f2f2; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; border-left: #c7c7c7 1pt solid; padding-top: 0cm; border-bottom: #c7c7c7 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid #c7c7c7 .75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">13 September 2006 </span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">“How young is your heart” World Heart Day, Sunday 24 September 2006 </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana"><p></p></span></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"><td style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; border-left: #ece9d8; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent"><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left"><span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana"><p>*</p></span></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"><td style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0.75pt; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; border-left: #ece9d8; padding-top: 0.75pt; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent"><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana"><strong>Heart World Day, 25^th September <span style="mso-spacerun: yes">*</span><p></p></strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana"><p>*</p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana">Controlling major risk factors such as physical inactivity, an unhealthy diet and tobacco use could prevent 80% of heart disease and stroke and help keep the heart healthy. This is why this year’s World Heart Day campaign asks: “How Young is Your Heart?” <br /><br />World Heart Day is run by the World Heart Federation's member organizations in more than 100 countries. Activities on the day include health checks, walks, runs, jump rope, fitness sessions, public talks, stage shows, scientific forums, exhibitions, concerts and sports tournaments. Last year in <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Singapore</place></country-region> for example, a World Heart Day heart fair attracted over 60,000 participants who took part in health screenings, aerobics classes, health quizzes, exhibits, school performances, nutritional counselling and food sampling. Similar events will be taking place this year asking participants: “How Young is Your Heart?”<br /><br />“Heart disease and stroke is the world’s largest killer, claiming 17.5 million lives a year . Eighty per cent of these lives are from populations in low- and middle-income countries, many amongst people of working age” said Professor Sidney Smith, <place w:st="on"><placetype w:st="on">University</placetype> of <placename w:st="on">North Carolina</placename></place> and Chairman Scientific Advisory Board, World Heart Federation. <br /><br />Physical activity is vitally important to maintain a healthy heart. Running for one hour or more each week could reduce the risk of heart disease by 42% . A brisk walking of 30 minutes each day has been found to reduce the risk of heart disease by about 18% and stroke by about 11% . Commuting to work by foot is a practical way of achieving this level of physical activity. <br /><br />Physical inactivity increases the risk of obesity and overweight, diabetes and hypertension which make heart age run faster. The heart needs regular exercise to keep it pumping blood efficiently with every heart beat. Regular activity and its impact on associated risk factors helps to slow down the narrowing of the arteries to the heart and brain, encourages the body to use up excess stored fat, can help to reduce high blood pressure, improves “good” cholesterol levels (HDL cholesterol) and maintains normal blood glucose levels.<br /><br />It is also important to balance calories consumed with calories burned to help maintain a healthy heart for life. A balanced diet includes plenty of fruits and vegetables, whole grain products, lean meat, fish and pulses, alongside low-fat and fat-free products. Unsaturated soft margarines and oils such as sunflower, corn, rape-seed and olive oil are preferred to saturated fats.<br /><br />Tobacco use is one of the most important risk factors to control. Quitting will help to keep the heart young as it helps maintain “good” cholesterol levels, reduces the levels of blood clotting and overall, decreases the chance of a sudden blockage of a blood vessel. According to the Framingham Heart Study, life duration is substantially shortened by tobacco users. Non-smokers may live about 8 years longer than smokers.<br /><br />“If you are a smoker, try to quit or avoid smoking in the presence of your children. Allow them to live in a smoke-free environment,” said Professor Smith. “Smokers put their own lives at risk, but they also endanger the lives of those around them, with passive smoking increasing the risk of coronary heart disease by 25-30%. Breathing second-hand smoke for even a short time can have adverse effects on the cardiovascular system, increasing the risk of heart attack.<br /><br />“Controlling major risk factors can prevent heart disease and stroke and thereby keep the heart healthy,” said Dr Sania Nishtar, Chair, Foundations’ Advisory Board, World Heart Federation. “The good news is that it’s never too late to adopt a heart healthy lifestyle. By asking everyone to think about the age of their hearts on World Heart Day we’re encouraging the world's population to adopt a heart-healthy lifestyle.”<p></p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class="MsoNormal" dir="rtl" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left" align="right"><span dir="ltr" style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;arabic transparent&quot;"><p>*</p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="rtl" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left" align="right"><span dir="ltr" style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;arabic transparent&quot;"><p>*</p></span><a href="http://www.alphagalileo.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=readrelease&amp;releaseid=514536&amp; ez_search=1"><br />http://www.alphagalileo.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=readrelease&amp;releaseid=514536&amp; ez_search=1</a></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt">European Day of Languages, 26 September<p></p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana"><p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: center; mso-outline-level: 2" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">Celebrating linguistic diversity,<br />plurilingualism, lifelong language learning<p></p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana"><p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana"><p></p><p align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana">About the European Day of Languages <p align="left"></p></span></p></span></p><p align="left"></p><p dir="ltr" align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue"><font face="Verdana">The first European Day of Languages took place on 26 September 2001. It was one of the highlights of the </font><a href="http://www.ecml.at/edl/default.asp?t=EYL"><span style="color: blue"><font face="Verdana">European Year of Languages</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana"><p align="left"></p></span></p><p dir="ltr" align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue"><font face="Verdana">The idea to launch a "European Year of Languages" was born at the Council of Europe during a Project's Final Conference in April 1997 organised by the Language Policy Division. The proposal, supported by representatives of member States, was examined by various bodies and the European Commission was invited to join in. <br /><br />In January 1999, the Committee of Ministers declared 2001 the "European Year of Languages" and the </font><a href="http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2000/l_232/l_23220000914en00010005.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue"><font face="Verdana">European Union</font></span></a><font face="Verdana"> joined in by a Declaration in June 2000.<br />*<p align="left"></p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left" align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana"><p align="left">*<a href="http://www.ecml.at/edl/default.asp?t=EYL">http://www.ecml.at/edl/default.asp?t=EYL</a></p></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left" align="left"><b><span lang="FR" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: fr">World Day Against Pain 12 October<p></p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left" align="left"><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: fr"><p>*</p></span></p><p dir="ltr" align="left"><span style="color: blue"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana">11 OCTOBER 2004 | GENEVA -- The World Health Organization (WHO) today co-sponsors the first Global Day Against Pain, which seeks to draw global attention to the urgent need for better pain relief for sufferers from diseases such as cancer and AIDS. The campaign, organised by the International Association on the Study of Pain (IASP) and the European Federation of the IASP Chapters (EFIC), asks for recognition that pain relief is integral to the right to the highest attainable level of physical and mental health..<p></p></font></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" align="left"><span style="color: blue"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana">WHO representatives will join global specialists in chronic pain management and relief at a conference in <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Geneva</place></city> convened to highlight the Global Day Against Pain and to press for urgent action from governments across the world. The conference coincides with the release this month of the Council of Europe's newly formulated recommendations on palliative care including management of pain. The recommendations provide detailed guidance for setting up a national policy framework, and are available in 17 European languages.<p></p></font></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" align="left"><span style="color: blue"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana">"The majority of those suffering unrelieved pain are in low- and middle-income countries where there is a an increasing burden of chronic diseases such as cancer and AIDS," said Dr Catherine Le Galès-Camus, WHO Assistant Director-General for Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health. "Limited health resources should not be allowed to deny sick people and their families the dignity of access to pain relief and palliative care, which are integral to the right to enjoy good health. We strongly support the Global Day Against Pain and the efforts of IASP and EFIC."<p></p></font></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" align="left"><span style="color: blue"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana">New statistics released by IASP and EFIC indicate that one in five people suffer from moderate to severe chronic pain, and that one in three are unable or less able to maintain an independent lifestyle due to their pain. Between one-half and two-thirds of people with chronic pain are less able or unable to exercise, enjoy normal sleep, perform household chores, attend social activities, drive a car, walk or have sexual relations. The effect of pain means that one in four reports that relationships with family and friends are strained or broken, according to the IASP/EFIC data.<p></p></font></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" align="left"><span style="color: blue"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana">The statistics also reveal that pain is second only to fever as the most common symptom in ambulatory persons with HIV/AIDS. Pain in HIV/AIDS usually involves several sources at once. The causes include tissue injury from inflammation (including autoimmune responses), infection (e.g., bacterial, syphilitic or tubercular) or neoplasia (lymphoma or sarcoma): so-called nociceptive pain. Nearly half of pain in HIV/AIDS is neuropathic, reflecting injury to the nervous systems.<p></p></font></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" align="left"><span style="color: blue"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana">Oral morphine has proven to be a cost-effective pain medication for the treatment of moderate to severe pain when the underlying cause is cancer or HIV/AIDS. However, opioid analgesics are not adequately available, particularly in developing countries with limited resource settings, due to ignorance of their medical use, restrictive regulations and pricing issues.<p></p></font></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" align="left"><span style="color: blue"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana">“Pain relief should be a human right, whether people are suffering from cancer, HIV/AIDS or any other painful condition," said Professor Sir Michael Bond M.D., President of IASP. "Today’s Global Day Against Pain marks an immense growth in the interest in this area and today’s WHO co-sponsorship of our campaign shows that now is the time to take pain seriously.”<p></p></font></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" align="left"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: blue">“Chronic pain is one of the most underestimated health care problems in the world today, causing major consequences for the quality of life of the sufferer and a major burden on the health care system in the Western world," said Professor Harald Breivik, President of EFIC. " We believe chronic pain is a disease in its own right. 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