The United Nations Department of Peace Operations announced that Chief Inspector Doreen Malambo of Zambia, currently serving in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) will be named the 2020 United Nations Woman Police Officer of the Year.
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United Nations Will Host Online Discussion and Workshop on Educating against Racism, 29 October
The United Nations will host a workshop and discussion entitled “Educating against Racism” on 29 October at 10 a.m. EDT. The programme will explore how education and educators can challenge racism and prejudice - legacies of histories of oppression, atrocity crimes and genocide. The programme will illustrate how teachers might facilitate difficult conversations about identity, discrimination, racism and prejudice, and support students to respond with empathy and action.
Department of Global Communications to Hold Discussion on the Roma, the Holocaust and Recognition
The Department of Global Communications will host an online panel discussion, “From Pig Farm to Memorial Site Lety: The Struggle for Recognition of the Genocide against the Roma and Sinti”, on 16 September, 10 a.m. EDT.
United Nations to Highlight Importance of Global Ceasefire, Dialogue during International Peace Day Observance
Hundreds of students from across the globe will come together on 17 September in a virtual event to mark the 2020 International Day of Peace.
Department of Global Communications to Open Online Exhibition Honouring Roma, Sinti, Forgotten Victims of Nazi Genocide, 6 August
The United Nations Department of Global Communications will open the online exhibition “Forgotten Victims: The Nazi Genocide of the Roma and the Sinti” on Thursday, 6 August, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. EST via Microsoft Live Events.