World Teachers’ Day - 5th October

World Teachers’ Day is held annually on 5 October to celebrate all teachers around the globe.  

It commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers, which sets benchmarks regarding the rights and responsibilities of teachers, and standards for their initial preparation and further education, recruitment, employment, and teaching and learning conditions.

 World Teachers’ Day has been celebrated since 1994.

"On World Teachers’ Day, we are not only celebrating every teacher. We are calling on countries to invest in them and prioritize them in global education recovery efforts so that every learner has access to a qualified and supported teacher. Let’s stand with our teachers!"

Ocean Literacy : The ocean and the Agenda 2030

 

Careful management of this essential global resource is a key feature of a sustainable future. However, at the current time, there is a continuous deterioration of coastal waters owing to pollution, and ocean acidification is having an adversarial effect on the functioning of ecosystems and biodiversity. This is also negatively impacting small scale fisheries.

World Youth Conference on Kindness 2021

International Peace Day 2021 | World Peace Day | Speech on International...

International Day of Peace 2021

Youth can move the world - Documentary

 

The COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented educational disruption with 1.2 billion children and youth impacted by school closures. Yet, despite these challenges, there is hope. This documentary focuses on the power and agency of youth. It is developed under the framework of the long-term partnership between UNESCO's Global Citizenship and Peace Education and UNODC that bridges the justice and education sectors to guide young people towards building strong, just and democratic societies. Youth’s voices are in the forefront with sentiments echoed by world leaders, policy makers, justice actors and educators to deliver a compelling message on the power of youth to move the world.

Global Forum against Racism and Discrimination

The recent upsurge in racial discrimination, especially in the COVID-19 context, require renewed commitment from the international community. As a response, UNESCO organizes this Global Forum on 22 March 2021.