02.04.08
Mutual accountability needed to achieve anti-poverty goals – UN Assembly President
 2 april, 2008. New-York-Kyiv: Mutual
accountability between rich and poor States is the only way forward to
achieving the anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs), the General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim said today, addressing a
debate on how to best achieve those Goals by 2015.
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01.04.08
Gender equality is impossible if Ukrainian men do not share the ideas of responsible fathering
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April, 2008. Kyiv - The participants of Swedish-Ukrainian
international workshop “Responsible Parenthood: New Challenges and Solutions”
discuss the issues of gender
equality and mechanisms of their implementation in Sweden
and Ukraine and the problems
of responsible parenthood in Sweden
and Ukraine.
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31.03.08
Today the world marks the first commemoration of World Autism Awareness Day
2 April, 2008. New York - Today, the world marks the first commemoration of World Autism Awareness Day. On this day, the United Nations reaffirms its commitment to the rights and well-being of people with disabilities -- a commitment rooted in our fundamental principle of universal human rights for all, - says UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on the Inauguration of World Autism Awareness Day.
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29.03.08
Students of Kyiv Art School #1 participated in the competition of paintings devoted to World Water Day
30 March 2008. Kyiv , Ukraine - Around 50 students of Kyiv Art School #1 participated in competition of paintings showing their perception of water in our day-to-day life. Initiated by the UN office in Ukraine, this competition was devoted to the World Water Day observed annually on 22 March worldwide.
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26.03.08
Business Leaders discussed how partnering together can reinforce CSR development in Ukraine
 26 March 2008. Kyiv - The first “Developing Business
Partnerships for CSR” Forum has been organized today in “Opera” hotel in Kyiv
by the United Nations office in Ukraine and BEST analytical center with the
support of System Capital Management and Konrad Adenauer Foundation. The Forum
gave a floor to discussion of the importance of establishing partnerships
between businesses for the successful implementation of socially responsible
strategies .
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23.03.08
We don't expect people to observe a moment of silence on World Water Day - but maybe they should, says UN Secretary-General in his article "Water is Life".
23 March, 2008. Kyiv - At the United Nations, March 22nd is World Water Day. We don't expect people to stop what they are doing and observe a moment of silence - but maybe they should, says UN Secretary-General in his op-ed "Water is Life" published in the Ukrainian daily Newpaper 24.
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22.03.08
Every 20 seconds, a child dies as a result of the abysmal sanitation, warns Ban Ki-moon in his message to the World Water Day
22 March, 2008. New York - In the message to the World Water Day, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon notes that this year, World Water Day coincides with the International Year of Sanitation, challenging us to spur action on a crisis affecting more than one out of three people on the planet. Every 20 seconds, a child dies as a result of the abysmal sanitation conditions endured by some 2.6 billion people globally.
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21.03.08
The United Nations Children’s Fund launched the Facts for Life special edition, a publication providing life saving information for people in Chernobyl affected areas.
Kyiv-Minsk-Moscow, 21 March 2008 - UNICEF today launches Facts for Life Chernobyl, a publication that provides people living in areas affected by the Chernobyl accident with essential information to prevent child death and disease, and to protect women during pregnancy and childbirth.
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21.03.08
International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination: students of Kyiv school discussed tolerance learning story of Holocaust survivor Gerda Klein
 21 March, 2008. Kyiv - On the 20th of March a special lesson “Teaching tolerance” took place in Kyiv lyceum “Leader”. Twenty 10th form students took part in the discussion on types of discrimination and ways to address them. The lesson was initiated and conducted by English language teacher Alexandra Rachova on the observance of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
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21.03.08
The Secretary-General message on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Dscrimination
 March 21, 2008. New York - By proclaiming March 21st as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the General Assembly urged action to honour of the memory of the scores of peaceful protestors who were massacred on this day in 1960 in the South AfricaThere has been significant progress since then, not least through the dismantling of the apartheid system. But racism continues to plague too many individuals, communities and societies the world over.
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