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2010-11-19

World Toilet Day

2010-01-16

Asking for Haiti: Sign the petition below to ask Haiti’s creditors to act quickly and cancel Haiti’s debts

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The harrowing images and stories coming out of Haiti are devastating to watch. Though I spend every day with the statistics and stories of extreme poverty, the scale of this tragedy is heartbreaking. Times like this remind me of our common humanity and the need to do all we can to help...

So here’s our goal as ONE: $890 million for Haiti. That’s how much Haiti owes to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and a handful of others.

Sign the petition below to ask Haiti’s creditors to act quickly and cancel Haiti’s debts:

http://one.org/international/actnow/haiti/o.pl?id=1395-3359230-w.sSW1x&t=4

Petition text:

Dear finance ministers, IMF, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank and bilateral creditors: As Haiti rebuilds from this disaster, please work to secure the immediate cancellation of Haiti’s $890 million debt and ensure that any emergency earthquake assistance is provided in the forms of grants, not debt-incurring loans.

Haiti’s debt was largely accrued under the corrupt Duvalier regime, which borrowed money recklessly and spent it selfishly for 30 years. The new government has struggled with debt payments. And now, as the nation tries to recover from one of the worst disasters in recent years we can help by lifting this debt.

Thank you for doing your bit,

Roxane Philson, ONE.org

2008-11-14

World Diabetes Day

On December 20 2006, the General Assembly of the United Nations passed a landmark Resolution recognizing diabetes as a chronic, debilitating and costly disease. The Resolution designates World Diabetes Day as a United Nations Day to be observed every year starting in 2007.

The UN Resolution makes World Diabetes Day stronger than ever and provides the opportunity for a significant increase in the visibility of the campaign and an increase in government and media participation on or around November 14. The Resolution will ensure even greater reach for awareness-raising activities throughout the diabetes world.

World Diabetes Day on November 14th, offers the opportunity to take a look at the disease that's become the fourth leading cause of death worldwide. However, the good news is that millions and millions of people live and thrive with diabetes.

So, today, let's to pay attention to the (second UN) World Diabetes Day. Take care with your and your family and friends (if not everybody) health!

Visit International Diabetes Federation site

2008-10-17

Oct. 17 - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

"Human Rights and Dignity of People Living in Poverty".

17 0ctober is the Interntional Day for the Eradication of Poverty, officially recognised by the United Nations in 1992.

On October 17, 1987, in reply to Joseph Wresinski’s appeal, 100,000 defenders of human rights gathered together on the Trocadero Plaza in Paris to express their refusal of extreme poverty, and to call on humankind to unite and ensure the respect of human rights. A Commemorative Stone proclaiming this message, was inaugurated on this occasion on the Plaza of Human Rights and Liberties (formerly Trocadero Plaza), at the place where the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed in 1948. This was the beggining of this special day.

In recognition of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the theme for this year's observance of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is "Human Rights and Dignity of People Living in Poverty".

2008-10-16

Oct. 16 - World Food Day

«World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy»

The World Food Day (WFD) was established by FAO's Member Countries at the Organization's Twentieth General Conference in November 1979. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations celebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October, the day on which the Organization was founded in 1945. This is a worldwide event designed to increase awareness, understanding and informed, year-around action to alleviate hunger.

High food prices put World Food Day 2008 in the spotlight. The cost of food is climbing. people everywhere is affected and the poorest are hit hardest. Changing weather patterns and rising demand for biofuels are part of the problem. The theme for World Food Day 2008 is «World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy»

World Food Day provides an occasion to once again highlight the plight of 923 million undernourished people in the world. Most of them live in rural areas where their main source of income is the agricultural sector. Global warming and the biofuel boom are now threatening to push the number of hungry even higher in the decades to come.

Visit FAO site

2008-10-15

Oct. 15 - 1st. Global Handwashing Day

The first-ever Global Handwashing Day takes place today Wednesday, October 15, 2008. The UN General Assembly has designated 2008 the International Year of Sanitation, and Global Handwashing Day will echo and reinforce its call for improved hygiene practices.

The campaign is dedicated to raising awareness of handwashing with soap as a key approach to disease prevention.

Global Handwashing Day will be the centerpiece of a week of activities that will mobilize millions of people in more than 20 countries across five continents to wash their hands with soap.

Have a nice day, bye... Now I have to go wash my hands.

World Health Organization

2008-10-14

Oct. 14 - World Standards Day

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"Intelligent and sustainable buildings".

World Standards Day is celebrated internationally each year on October 14th. The day honours the efforts of the thousands of experts who develop voluntary standards within standards development organizations such as the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), which develops international standards for the electrical and electronics industries; International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) an international organization responsible for the coordination, development, regulation, and standardization of telecommunications standards.

World Standards Day began as a celebration of the birth of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which held its first meeting in London on October 14, 1946. From an initial roster of 25 countries, ISO (based in Geneva, Switzerland) now has 123 member nations and has evolved into the global clearinghouse for all standards activities.

The goal of World Standards Day is to raise awareness of the importance of global standardization to the world economy and to promote its role in helping meet the needs of business, industry, government, and consumers worldwide.

The theme of this year's World Standards Day message is "Intelligent and sustainable buildings".

2008-10-10

Oct 10: World Day against the Death Penalty

Say NO to the death penalty

Today October 10th, 2008, the 6th World Day against the Death Penalty takes place.

Every year responding to the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty's appeal, citizens, national and international institutions and NGOs rally together on 10 October to oppose the use of the death penalty and to recall that its abolition is a universal struggle.

On this day, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty calls on all citizens around the world to take action to end executions in Asia.

There were at least 1,252 known executions in 24 countries during 2007. Of all the executions in 2007, 88% took place in China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the US.

Reports of executions in 2007 (read more here)

China: 470+
Iran: 317+
Saudi Arabia: 143+
Pakistan: 135+
US: 42
Iraq: 33+
Vietnam: 25+
Yemen: 15+
Afghanistan: 15
Libya: 9+

Visit http://www.worldcoalition.org/