international days Archives - General Assembly of the United Nations /pga/71/tag/international-days/ President of the 71st session Wed, 23 Aug 2017 22:57:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 International Day against Nuclear Tests /pga/71/event-latest/international-day-against-nuclear-tests/ Wed, 30 Aug 2017 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.un.org/pga/71/?post_type=tribe_events&p=105349 Over the past seventy years, nuclear weapons have been tested on more than 2,000 occasions – in the atmosphere, underground and underwater. The toll on human life, and consequent death […]

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]]> International Vesak Day /pga/71/2017/05/10/international-vesak-day/ Wed, 10 May 2017 16:00:46 +0000 http://www.un.org/pga/71/?p=98135

As delivered Remarks by H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson, President of the ±¬ÁĎÍř General Assembly,  delivered by H.E. Mr. Durga Prasad Bhattarai, Vice-President of the General Assembly and Permanent Representative of Nepal, on […]

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]]> Annual Commemoration of the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda /pga/71/2017/04/07/annual-commemoration-of-the-international-day-of-reflection-on-the-genocide-in-rwanda/ Fri, 07 Apr 2017 20:48:38 +0000 http://www.un.org/pga/71/?p=94140

Statement delivered by H.E. Mr. Durga Prasad Bhattarai, Permanent Representative of Nepal, on behalf of Peter Thomson, President of the General Assembly, at Annual Commemoration of the International Day of Reflection […]

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]]> International Day of Forests /pga/71/2017/03/21/international-day-of-forests/ Tue, 21 Mar 2017 17:00:14 +0000 http://www.un.org/pga/71/?p=92739

  Statement by the Office of the President of the General Assembly’s Special Adviser on SDGs Implementation, H.E. Dessima Williams, during the Special Event on the theme “Forests and Energy”, in celebration […]

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]]> International Day of Nowruz /pga/71/event-latest/international-day-of-nowruz/ Tue, 21 Mar 2017 04:00:00 +0000 http://www.un.org/pga/71/?post_type=tribe_events&p=91514 The post International Day of Nowruz appeared first on General Assembly of the United Nations.

]]> Commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination /pga/71/event-latest/commemoration-of-the-international-day-for-the-elimination-of-racial-discrimination/ Tue, 21 Mar 2017 04:00:00 +0000 http://www.un.org/pga/71/?post_type=tribe_events&p=91511 The post Commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination appeared first on General Assembly of the United Nations.

]]> International Day of Happiness /pga/71/event-latest/international-day-of-happiness/ Mon, 20 Mar 2017 04:00:00 +0000 http://www.un.org/pga/71/?post_type=tribe_events&p=91505 [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oB89nvdrdA&w=560&h=315]

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]]> Commemorative event on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science /pga/71/event-latest/commemorative-event-on-the-international-day-of-women-and-girls-in-science/ Fri, 10 Feb 2017 05:00:00 +0000 http://www.un.org/pga/71/?post_type=tribe_events&p=90277 The post Commemorative event on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science appeared first on General Assembly of the United Nations.

]]> Observance of the International Mother Language Day /pga/71/2017/02/21/observance-of-the-international-mother-language-day/ Wed, 22 Feb 2017 01:00:32 +0000 http://www.un.org/pga/71/?p=90287

Statement from the H.E. Peter Thomson, President of the General Assembly, delivered by Sofia Borges on the observance of the international mother language day – “Towards Sustainable Futures through Multilingual Education” […]

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]]> International Women’s Day; “Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030” /pga/71/event-latest/international-womens-day-women-in-the-changing-world-of-work-planet-50-50-by-2030/ Wed, 08 Mar 2017 05:00:00 +0000 http://www.un.org/pga/71/?post_type=tribe_events&p=90092 The post International Women’s Day; “Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030” appeared first on General Assembly of the United Nations.

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