29.05.06
UN Secretary-General Statement on International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
Secretary-General, observing international day of United Nations peacekeepers, lauds growing confidence in organization’s ability to restore stability
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22.05.06
May 21, 2006 – International Memorial Day of People Who Died From Aids
It will be the twentieth year running when on the third Sunday of May the world community commemorates the International Memorial Day of People Who Died from AIDS. AIDS pandemic took lives of about 25 million people, including nearly 2 million children. Almost 42 million people in the world are HIV-positive.
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19.05.06
New UN Report Says: Good Governance Improving in the Poorest Countries
New UN Report says the most vulnerable countries are leading in democratic innovation despite extreme obstacles, but critical challenges remain.
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15.05.06
15 May - The International Day of Families
15 May - Message on the International Day of Families by the Secretary-General Kofi Annan
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12.05.06
Cherish the Family - it is Changing: Statement by UN Resident Coordinator in Ukraine to the International Family Week
Across the world, we celebrate this week as International Family Week, culminating in International Family Day on 15 May. The United Nations General Assembly in its resolution 47/237 of 20 September 1993, proclaimed this annual observance to reflect the importance that the international community attaches to families. The International Year of the Family was 1994, and every year since we strive to consolidate its goals.
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11.05.06
Exhibition of children's drawnings devoted to the 20th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear accident was held in UN House
In April-May 2006 the UN House hosted an art exhibition of children’s drawings devoted to the 20th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear accident
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04.05.06
New ILO report shows marked decline in child labour worldwide belivies it worst forms can be eliminated in 10 years
 GENEVA (ILO news) − Child labour, especially in its worst forms, is in decline for the first time across the globe, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said today, in a new, cautiously optimistic report 1/ entitled “The end of child labour: Within reach”.
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02.05.06
World renowned musician and humanitarian Mstislav Rostropovich accepts appointment as UNAIDS Special Representative
Geneva, 28 April 2006 – Maestro Mstislav Rostropovich, the outstanding musician, strong defender of human rights and advocate for children’s health, has accepted the appointment as a Special Representative for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
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26.04.06
UN marks Chernobyl anniversary with a message of hope, fresh initiatives to help revitalize affected communities
April 26, Kyiv, Minsk, Moscow, New York – The United Nations is marking the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident with a vital message of hope and an appeal to the international community to redouble efforts to assist the social and economic recovery of the regions hardest-hit by the 1986 reactor explosion.
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26.04.06
Statement Attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the 20th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster
Statement Attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the 20th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster
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