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Science and technology are often considered to be the forte of men.?
#Today
is the
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
(11 February), which presents an opportunity to dispel myths, celebrate women who made crucial discoveries and inventions in the world of science, such as physicist Marie Curie, primatologist
#JaneGoodall
and marine biologist Rachel Carson
2 December 2019
The
UN Climate Change Conference
(2-13 December 2019)
#COP25
in Madrid started today, less than a week after the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) issued its annual
Emissions Gap Report
. The report found that the world is not doing enough to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which hit a new high of 55.3 gigatonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2018.
26 September 2019
2019 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the General Assembly’s adoption of the
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
, which has become the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history and has helped transform children’s lives around the world.
24 September 2019
“Breathe with Me", a
public art action for the world
, conceived and executed by Jeppe Hein with ART 2030, invites people to paint their individual breath onto large canvases in the shape of vertical blue lines, one for every exhale, raising awareness that the air we breathe is part of our connected world and climate.
8 September 2019
International Literacy Day
(8 September), proclaimed by UNESCO in 1966 and endorsed by Economic and Social Council
resolution 1276(LIII)
in 1967, aimed to remind the international community of the importance of literacy for individuals, communities and societies. Since then, the concept of literacy has
evolved
.
The
Yearbook of the United Nations
?published by the Department of Global Communications?stands as the authoritative reference work on the activities and concerns of the Organization. Based on official UN documents, the
Yearbook
provides comprehensive coverage of political and security matters, human rights issues, economic and social questions, legal issues, and institutional, administrative and budgetary matters.