2011 is the International Year of...

Wednesday, 07 July 2010 21:57

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2011 is the...

International Year of Youth (12 August 2010 - 11 August 2011)

International Year of Forests, in recognition of the significant contribution that forests and their sustainable management can make to sustainable development, poverty eradication and the achievement of internationally agreed development goals

International Year for People of African Descent

International Year of Chemistry

European Year of Volunteering

and the beginning of the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020

2010 was the...

International Year of Biodiversity, to bring greater international attention to the continued loss of biodiversity.

International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures

European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion (press release); a campaign aims to reaffirm the EU’s commitment to making a decisive impact on the eradication of poverty by 2010

International Year of Youth (12 August 2010 - 11 August 2011)

This is the International Decade...

(From 2011:)Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020

United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification (2010-2020)

Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017)

Decade of Recovery and Sustainable Development of the Affected Regions - relating to the Chernobyl disaster (2006-2016)

International Decade for Action: Water for Life (2005-2015)

United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014)

Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (2005-2014)

United Nations Literacy Decade (2003 - 2012) “Literacy as Freedom” - Coordination Unit: Tel:  +33 1 45 68 08 39  literacy@unesco.org

2010 marked the end of the International Decade...

Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa (2001-2010)

Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism (2001-2010)

International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010)

Links

United Nations International Years, Decades, Days and Conferences

List of European Years