UN Celebration Events - November-2010
Event Name: 2010 International Tourism Conference on Global Sustainable Tourism Event Description: The aim of the conference is to provide tourism scholars, practitioners, and other stakeholders with an opportunity to explore and debate issues relating to sustainable practices in tourism.
UN Sponsor: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
UN Sponsor: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Date & Time: From: 15-Nov-2010 TO: 19-Nov-2010
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Event Name: 7th WMO International Workshop on Tropical Cyclones UN Sponsor: World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Date & Time:From: 15-Nov-2010 TO: 20-Nov-2010
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Event Name: Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate ChangeEvent Description: 16th Conference of the Parties (COP 16)/ 6th Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 6) UN Sponsor: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Date & Time:From: 29-Nov-2010 TO: 10-Dec-2010
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Event Name: World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims Event Description: World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims Quick Facts The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims serves as a major advocacy day for road traffic injury prevention.
UN Sponsor: World Health Organization (WHO)
Date & Time: 21-Nov-2010 TO: 21-Nov-2010 *--------------------------------------*
Event Name: International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women
Event Description: By resolution 54/134 of 17 December 1999, the General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and invited governments, international organizations and NGOs to organize activities designated to raise public awareness of the problem on that day. Women's activists have marked 25 November as a day against violence since 1981. This date came from the brutal assassination in 1960, of the three Mirabal sisters, political activists in the Dominican Republic, on orders of Dominican ruler Rafael Trujillo (1930-1961).
UN Sponsor: United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
Event Description: By resolution 54/134 of 17 December 1999, the General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and invited governments, international organizations and NGOs to organize activities designated to raise public awareness of the problem on that day. Women's activists have marked 25 November as a day against violence since 1981. This date came from the brutal assassination in 1960, of the three Mirabal sisters, political activists in the Dominican Republic, on orders of Dominican ruler Rafael Trujillo (1930-1961).
UN Sponsor: United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
Date & Time:From: 25-Nov-2010 TO: 25-Nov-2010
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Event Name: International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Event Description: In 1977, the General Assembly called for the annual observance of 29 November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. On that day, in 1947, The day is also known as Solidarity Day.
UN Sponsor: Department of Public Information (DPI)
Date & Time:From: 29-Nov-2010 TO: 29-Nov-2010
