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Annual
Environmental Events (contd.)
The World Environment Day -
June 5 (every year)
World Environment Day, commemorated each
year on 5 June, is one of the principal vehicles through which the
United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and
enhances political attention and action.
For more information please visit the
World
Environment Day website
The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought - June 17 (every year)
In 1994, the United Nations General
Assembly declared June 17 the
"World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought" to promote public
awareness and the implementation of the United Nations Convention to
Combat Desertification in those countries experiencing serious drought
and/or desertification, particularly in Africa.
The Day's events are organised annually
by United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
Developed as a result of the Rio Summit, the UNCCD is a unique
instrument that has brought attention to land degradation in the
drylands where exist some of the most vulnerable ecosystems and people
in the world.
For more information please visit the
United Nations
Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) or the
World Day
to Combat Desertification and Drought websites
The Clean up the World Weekend - 3rd weekend of September (every year)
Clean Up the World partners with the
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to inspire and assist
communities to "clean up, fix up and conserve their local environment"
through carrying out initiatives ranging from waste removal and tree
planting to water and energy conservation projects.
Clean Up the World and its participating
organisations mobilise an estimated 35 million volunteers from more
than 100 countries annually.
Clean Up the World participants organise and carry out activities and
longer-term environmental projects throughout the year however the
campaign culminates in the Clean Up the World Weekend in 3rd weekend
of September
For more details please visit the
Clean up the World
Weekend website
International Day for preservation of the Ozone Layer - September 16
On 19 December 1994, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 16
September the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
("Ozone Day"), commemorating the date, in 1987, on which the Montreal
Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was signed.
States are invited to devote the Day each year to promote, at the national
level, activities in accordance with the objectives of the Montreal
Protocol and its amendments.
For more details, please visit the
UNEP DTIE website
The International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the
Environment in War and Armed Conflict - November 6 (every year)
On 5 November 2001, the General Assembly
declared 6 November of each year as the International Day for
Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed
Conflict (resolution
56/4). In taking this
action, it considered that damage to the environment in times of armed
conflict impairs ecosystems and natural resources long after the
period of conflict, often extending beyond the limits of national
territories and the present generation. The Assembly also recalled the
United Nations
Millennium Declaration, which
emphasized the necessity of working to protect our common environment.
For more details, please visit the
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment
in War and Armed Conflict website
 
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