Roma Day: Fight Against Poverty and Social Exclusion of Roma People
On the occasion of the International Roma Day – 8 April, and the 2010: European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, the United Nations, the Delegation of the European Union, and the Council of Europe Office in Skopje jointly organized a panel discussion on the topic “Building together a society for all, challenges of poverty and inequality”, which took place at the EU InfoCentre in Skopje. More...
World Cup can Boost Fight Against Racism, says UN Human Rights Chief
The forthcoming Football World Cup in South Africa provides an opportunity both to take a fresh look at the issue of racism in sport, and to enhance sport’s tremendous potential to undermine racism, xenophobia and similar forms of intolerance in wider society. More...
Minority Fellowship Programme
The Office of the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) has announced the 2011 Minority Fellowship Programme for persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities.
Millennium Development Goals must be met, UN Secretary-General says ahead of September Summit
UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK, 16 March 2010 – With only five years left until the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling for the adoption of a global action agenda for accelerating progress towards the Goals, when world leaders meet at a UN Summit in New York in September. More...
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