The United Nations Palestinian Rights Committee will organize a virtual event on the margins of the sixty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women on “Impact of forced displacement on Palestinian women” on 23 March from 10 a.m. to noon, via WebEx.
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United Nations Outreach Programme on the Holocaust to Mark Anniversary of Nazi Doctors’ Trial with Medical Ethics Panel Discussion, 2 December
The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme will host an online panel discussion on medical ethics during and in response to the Holocaust, as well as educational initiatives that draw on the history of the Holocaust to develop ethical leadership in the contemporary context.
United Nations Postal Administration Releases ‘Sport for Peace’ Stamps, Souvenir Sheets to Commemorate Start of Olympic Games in Tokyo
On 23 July, the United Nations Postal Administration announced the release of new “Sport for Peace” stamps and souvenir sheets to mark the start of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
United Nations to Observe World Autism Awareness Day with Global Virtual Event on Workplace Inclusion
The United Nations will observe World Autism Awareness Day (2 April) with a global virtual event on the theme “Inclusion in the Workplace: Challenges and Opportunities in a Post-Pandemic World”.
United Nations Will Host Online Events Focused on Ending Racism, Injustices to Mark International Remembrance Day for Transatlantic Slave Trade Victims, 4-25 March
The United Nations will mark the 2021 International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade on 25 March under the theme “Ending Slavery’s Legacy of Racism: A Global Imperative for Justice”.
United Nations Department of Global Communication Will Host First Virtual Joint Observance of International Day to Commemorate Holocaust Victims
The United Nations Department of Global Communications has organized the first virtual and joint Commemoration Programme in observance of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, to be screened on Wednesday, 27 January, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
United Nations to Host Online Round table on Role of Radio in Fuelling Genocide, Rebuilding Communities after Atrocity Crimes
At 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, 18 November, the United Nations will host an online round‑table discussion, entitled "Radio and reconstruction".
United Nations Will Host Online Discussion about Restoring Dignity to Victims of Transatlantic Slave Trade through Preserving Burial Grounds, 19 November
The United Nations will host an online discussion entitled “Unveiling the Past” on 19 November, at 10 a.m. EST. The speakers will consider the significance of the preservation of burial grounds of those enslaved by the transatlantic slave trade, the ethical questions raised in disturbing these sacred grounds, and the challenges facing historians writing the history of the transatlantic slave trade and histories of the men, women and children lost to this brutal practice.
United Nations, UNESCO to Mark Anniversary of November 1938 Pogrom with Online Discussion on ‘Holocaust Education in Crisis’, 10 November
The United Nations and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will host a discussion entitled, “Holocaust education in crisis? Challenges and responses”, at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, 10 November.
Department of Global Communications, Foreign Minister of Germany Launch Virtual ‘Seven Places’ Exhibit Marking 1938 Pogrom, Antisemitic Terror Campaign
To commemorate the November Pogrom of 1938, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications Melissa Fleming will join Heiko Maas, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany, to open the online exhibition “Seven Places in Germany”.