December 2009 Calendar - UN Cyberschoolbus

December 2009
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1997-2006 United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
		1 National Holiday of Central African Republic, Romania WORLD AIDS DAY since 1988	2 National Holiday of Lao People's Demo cratic Republic, United Arab Emirates INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY since 1949	3 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DISABLED PERSONS	4 UN negotiations of Giandomenico Picco, UN Representative freed last hostages Lebanon 1991	5 National Holiday of Thailand INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
6 National Holiday of Finland Brandt Commission Report on North-South issues published 1979	7 INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION DAY marking founding of International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal, Canada 1944	8 Baron Pierre de Coubertin created the modern Olympic games, Athens 1896, to go to Athens in 2004	9 UN General Assembly voted International Arms Sales Registry 1991	10 HUMAN RIGHTS DAY Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted 1948	11 National Holiday of Burkina Faso Children's Fund (UNICEF), Nobel Peace Prize 1965	12 National Holiday of Kenya The target of 0.7% GNP for development assistance to needy countries met by Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Holland, 1990
13 UN General Assembly created post of High Commissioner for Human Rights 1993	14 UN Trusteeship Council established 1946	15 Right to Life in Peace resolution 1978 UN Observer Mission in Tajikistan (UNMOT) 1993	16 National Holiday of Bahrain Indian Ocean Zone of Peace 1974	17 National Holiday of Bhutan 'The United Nations: Come Along With Me!' book by Nane Wallenberg Annan published to benefit UNICEF 2000.	18 National Holiday of Niger UN Convention on the Rights of Women 1952 Treaty on Migrant Rights 1990	19 Report of 'Education for All' Conference in Dakar, Senegal, recommended $8 billion for 10 years (4 days of current global military spending!) to go towards education, 2000
20 General Assembly approved the Declaration on the Rights of the Child 1965	21 John D. Rockefeller, Jr. gave 8 million dollars for land on the East River, Manhattan, New York to build a home for the United Nations 1946	22 Environmental Agenda of Rio approved by General Assembly 1992	23 National Holiday of Japan 110,000 children in 199 youth orchestras in Venezuela praised by UNESCO on 25th anniversary, 2000	24 First UN trust territory to achieve independence: Libya 1951	25 Christmas Day 'Blessed are the Peacemakers' Birth of Jesus 4 B.C.E.	26 Convention to combat desertification came into force 1997
27 World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) set up in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire 1944	28 National Holiday of Nepal Stephen Lewis, former Canadian Ambassa-dor to UN and Deputy Director of UNICEF, joined York University in England as Professor, 1999	29 INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY since 1993	30 Founding of UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva 1964	31 UN Secretary-General Perez de Cuellar achieved cease-fire in El Salvador two minutes before midnight, ending his second term as Secretary-General 1991

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.

December 2009

1997-2006 United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty