Sustainable Business and Sustainable Cities
The Conference of the States Parties at its Tenth Session paragraph 23.3 of C-10/5, dated 11 November 2005) decided that a memorial Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare would be observed on 29 April each year — the date in 1997 on which the Chemical Weapons Convention entered into force. This commemoration will provide...
"This is a day to honour jazz and its enduring legacy, as well as to recognize the power of this music to bring people together." — UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay International Jazz Day is intended to raise awareness in the international community of the virtues of jazz as an educational tool, and a force for...
Join the B Corp Community, Social Value UK and the 2030 Hub on the 1st May to discuss how you can be part of the movement that's using business as a force for good. We'll be having inspiring conversations, drinks, and nibbles to celebrate our first B Social in Liverpool!
Many countries depend heavily on tuna resources for food security and nutrition, economic development, employment, government revenue, livelihoods, culture and recreation. At present more than 80 States have tuna fisheries, thousands of tuna fishing vessels operate in all the oceans and tuna fishery capacity is still growing in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. We observe...
World Press Freedom Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in December 1993, following the recommendation of UNESCO's General Conference. Since then, 3 May, the anniversary of the Declaration of Windhoek is celebrated worldwide as World Press Freedom Day. It is an opportunity to: celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom; assess the state of press...
Each month, on the date below, from 6.00pm – 8.00pm you are cordially invited to 'Green Drinks Liverpool.' These informal social networking events are organised for people involved or with an interest in the environment or sustainability, to meet up and chat about issues and concerns, with like-minded people, in a friendly atmosphere and with a...
Although families all over the world have transformed greatly over the past decades in terms of their structure and as a result of global trends and demographic changes, the United Nations still recognizes the family as the basic unit of society. The International Day of Families provides an opportunity to promote awareness of issues relating...
The United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development (SDGs) are the blueprint for a better world. If we have any hope of meeting these goals, we are going to need to be better collaborators. Partnerships need to be created across generations and sectors. This afternoon will be the first in an exciting series of...
Living together in peace is all about accepting differences and having the ability to listen to, recognize, respect and appreciate others, as well as living in a peaceful and united way. The UN General-Assembly, in its resolution 72/130, declared 16 May the International Day of Living Together in Peace, as a means of regularly mobilizing the...
Gender equality has been the subject of much local and national debate. Locally, discussion has focused on the lack of women in the Cabinet of the Combined Authority, and nationally, there has been much debate on the gender pay gap; the barriers women face in the work place across sectors, and the #MeToo movement. This...