[P2P-F] Call for contributions to the calendar of the commons

Wed Dec 28 19:51:10 CET 2011

 Hi Neal,

Just want to alert you to the global calendar that many of us global
citizens use, established by the UN. Also to let you know that the
international community is holding events worldwide for the International
Year of Cooperatives 2012. Most countries in the world will hold several
events to establish the importance of cooperatives in 2012.

Great idea to have a calendar that really means something to many of us.

All Best Wishes for the New Year  great job you are doing!

Nancy

The International Year of Cooperatives is intended to raise public awareness
of the invaluable contributions of cooperative enterprises to poverty
reduction, employment generation and social integration. The Year will also
highlight the strengths of the cooperative business model as an alternative
means of doing business and furthering socioeconomic development.
For more information on the aims and objectives of the Year, please visit
our "About IYC". <http://social.un.org/coopsyear/about-iyc.html>

THE UN CALENDAR:

UN Days, Weeks and Years > International Days and Weeks
Since the early days of the United Nations system, the UN has established a
set of Days and Weeks (as listed below), Years
<http://www.unac.org/en/news_events/un_days/international_years.asp> and
Decades 
<http://www.unac.org/en/news_events/un_days/international_decades.asp> to
help focus the world on the issues in which the UN has an interest and
commitment. The UN calls on Member States and other organizations to mark
these days in ways which reflect their priorities.
Sometimes the promotion of a specific day is led by a specific UN agency or
programme, for example the World Health Organization (WHO) leads World
Health Day and World No-Tobacco Day, UN Educational Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) leads World Water Day and International Literacy Day,
UN Environment Programme (UNEP) leads World Environment Day etc.
Some UN agencies also have their own international days (e.g. WHO's World TB
Day and UNESCO's World Philosophy Day), established and promoted by the
agency but not designated by the UN General Assembly for the full UN system.
While equivalent in purpose, the following list does not include
agency-specified days.

  January         
  27   International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the
Holocaust <http://www.un.org/holocaustremembrance/>
  February         
  20   World Day of Social Justice
<http://un.org/esa/socdev/social/intldays/IntlJustice/>  (as of 2009)
  21   International Mother Language Day
<http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/language/index.html>
  March           
  8   International Women's Day
<http://www.unac.org/en/news_events/un_days/women1.asp>  and
 United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace
  21   International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
<http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/racial/>
  21-28   Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and
Racial Discrimination
  22   World Water Day <http://www.unesco.org/water/water_celebrations/>
  23   World Meteorological Day <http://www.wmo.int/wmd/>
  April           
  4   International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
  7   World Health Day <http://www.who.int/world-health-day/>
  23   World Book and Copyright Day
<http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/book/index.html>
  May           
  3   World Press Freedom Day
<http://www.unac.org/en/news_events/un_days/press.asp>
  15   International Day of Families <http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/family/>
  17   World Information Society Day
<http://www.un.org/events/infoday/2006/>  (formerly World Telecommunication
Day)       
  21   World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
<http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/cultural_diversity/>
  22   International Day for Biological Diversity
<http://www.biodiv.org/programmes/outreach/awareness/biodiv-day-2005.asp>
(formerly December 29, changed in 2001)
  25-June 1   Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing
Territories       
  29   International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
<http://www.un.org/events/peacekeepers/>
  31   World No-Tobacco Day
<http://www.who.int/tobacco/communications/events/wntd/2005/en/>
  June           
  4   International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
  5   World Environment Day <http://www.unep.org/wed>
  17   World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
<http://www.unccd.int/publicinfo/menu.php>
  20   World Refugee Day <http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/refugee/index.html>
  23   United Nations Public Service Day
<http://www.unpan.org/dpepa_psaward.asp>
  26   International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
<http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/drug/index.html>  and
 International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
  July           

  First Saturday   International Day of Cooperatives
<http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/social/intldays/IntlCoops/>
  11   World Population Day <http://www.unfpa.org/wpd/>
  August           
  9   International Day of the World's Indigenous People
<http://www.un.org/events/indigenous/>
  12   International Youth Day
<http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/iyouthday.htm>
  23   International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its
Abolition       
  September        
  8   International Literacy Day
<http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/literacy/index.html>
  15   International Day of Democracy
  16   International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
<http://www.uneptie.org/ozonaction/events/ozoneday/main.html>
  21   International Day of Peace <http://www.un.org/events/peaceday/2005/>
(formerly the opening day of the UN General Assembly, changed to a set date
as of 2002)       
  During last Week   World Maritime Day
<http://www.imo.org/About/mainframe.asp?topic_id=320>
  October          
  1   International Day for Older Persons
<http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/olderpersons/index.html>
  4 - 10   World Space Week <http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/wsw/>
  5   World Teacher's Day
  First Monday   World Habitat Day
<http://www.unchs.org/whd/2005/default.asp>
  Second Wednesday   International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
  9   World Post Day <http://www.upu.int/world_post_day/en/index.shtml>
  10   World Mental Health Day <http://www.wfmh.org/wmhday/about.html>
  16   World Food Day <http://www.fao.org/wfd/index_en.asp>
  17   International Day for the Eradication of Proverty
  24   United Nations Day
<http://www.unac.org/en/news_events/un_days/un_day1.asp>  and
 World Development Information Day
  24-30           
  Disarmament Week 
  November         
  6   International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment
in War and Armed Conflict
<http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/environment_war/index.html>
  14   World Diabetes Day
<http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/2006/world_diabetes_day/en/>
  16   International Day of Tolerance
<http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/tolerance/index.html>
  Third Sunday    World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
  20    Universal Children's Day
<http://www.unac.org/en/news_events/un_days/children1.asp> , and
 Africa Industrialization Day
  21   World Television Day
  25   International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
<http://www.unifem.org/campaigns/november25/>
  29   International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
<http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/palestinian/index.html>
  December         
  1   World AIDS Day <http://www.unac.org/en/news_events/un_days/aids1.asp>
  2   International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
<http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/slavery/index.html>
  3   International Day of Disabled Persons
<http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/>
  5   International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
<http://www.unv.org/infobase/facts/04_08_17DEU_fs_IVD.htm>
  7   International Civil Aviation Day
<http://www.icao.int/icao/en/aviation_day.htm>
  9   International Anti-Corruption Day
<http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/events/anti_corruption/index.html>
  10   Human Rights Day <http://www.un.org/events/humanrights/>
  11   International Mountain Day
<http://www.mountainpartnership.org/imd/imd.html>
  18   International Migrants Day
<http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/events/migrants/>
  19   United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
<http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/events/south/index.html>
  20   International Human Solidarity Day

For further information, we suggest you visit the UN's Conferences and
Events <http://www.un.org/events/index.html> site. Specifically you should
check out "Conferences and Observances" in the "Background Information"
section. (As the UN changes the URL of this page at least once a year we
choose not to give you a direct link that may soon become dated.)

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