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1993-2002 Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons

1
National Holiday of Canada, Burundi, Rwanda

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF COOPERATIVES since 1995

2
First Pugwash Conference of Scientists to discuss social responsibility and disarmament, Canada, 1957, founded by Josef Rotblatt, Nobel Peace Prize 1995

3
National Holiday of Belarus

At initiative of UN Secretary-General Perez de Cuellar, Iran and Iraq met to end their war 1990

4
Independence Day United States of America

UN Success: Peacekeeping in Yemen unified country, 1963

5
National Holiday of Cape Verde, Venezuela

First International Passport invented by Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen, winner of Nobel Peace Prize 1922

6
National Holiday of Comoros, Malawi

First nation to ratify UN charter, Nicaragua 1945

7
National Holiday of Solomon Islands

Convention on Political Rights of Women came into force 1954

8
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion that use of nuclear weapons is illegal 1996

9
World Youth Assembly opened New York 1970

10
National Holiday of Bahamas

50th anniversary of UN sponsored cease-fire talks between North and South Korea 1951

11
National Holiday of Mongolia

UN Agreement on use and control of the moon 1984

WORLD POPULATION DAY

12
National Holiday of Sao Tome and Principe, Kiribati

Pioneer of non-violence Henry D. Thoreau, born Concord, Massachusetts, USA, 1817

13
Ole Helge Bakke, first of almost 1600 UN international civil servants to die in UN service, killed in Palestine 1948

14
National Holiday of France

First UN peacekeeping in former USSR in S. Ossetia 1992

15
The third World Conference on Women opened in Nairobi, Kenya 1985

16
Secretary-General Kofi Annan presented his plan for reform of UN 1997

17
National Holiday of Iraq

Permanent Court of Arbitration 1899 International Criminal Court established, Rome 1998

18
Peacemaking between Mexico and Chiapas rebels achieved by UNSG Kofi Annan 1998

19
Organization of American States (OAS)

Human Rights Treaty in force 1977

20
National Holiday of Colombia

Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, brought back moon rock to the UN 1969

21
National Holiday of Belgium

Dr. GrØ Brundtland from Norway succeeded Dr. Nakajima of Japan as Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) 1998

22
50th anniversary of UN Convention for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons, 1951

23
National Holiday of Egypt

First post-World War II summit on disarmament, Geneva 1955

24
First session of Commission on Narcotic Drugs 1947

25
50th anniversary of UN Convention on Refugees, 1951

World Court decision on Icelandic fisheries 1974

26
National Holiday of Liberia, Maldives

First World Assembly on Aging met in Vienna 1982, leading to International Year of Older Persons 1999

27
UN Peace accord between North and South Korea signed at Panmunjom 1953

28
National Holiday of Peru

USA Senate approved UN Charter 1945

29
Dag Hammarskjöld, second Secretary-General of the United Nations, born in Jönköping, Sweden 1905

30
National Holiday of Vanuatu

Famous letter this date from Einstein to Freud probing human instincts for war or peace. Potsdam 1932

31
First major revision of UN Charter added five members to original 10 Security Council 1965



The year 2002
of the Christian Calendar is:


56 in the United Nations era

1380 in the Persian calendar


1422 in the Muslim calendar

2545 in the Buddhist calendar


2754 in the old Roman calendar

5114 in the Mayan cycle


5762 in the Hebrew calendar





4699, the Year of the "Little Dragon" (Snake) in the Chinese calendar


This United Nations Calendar for Peace is a record of many of humankind's efforts to abolish war
and poverty and to establish a world of peace and prosperity for all, on this small planet.

Information for the UN Calendar of Peace 2002 provided
by UNA-USA Connecticut and UNA-UK Westminster, England.


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