International Day against Nuclear Tests was approved at the 64th session of the UN General Assembly, which took place on December 2, 2009.
This observation is designed to enhance the efforts of the UN, states, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations in the cessation of nuclear tests. This is a necessary condition for the creation of a safer world.
In May 2010 all states participants of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons pledged to cooperate in order to seek for security in a world free of nuclear weapons, and recognized prohibition on nuclear testing as "the vital task."
Now, according to the UN, it is time for countries which have not signed or ratified the Treaty yet, to enter the agreement as soon as possible. Currently, the entire southern hemisphere of the planet has almost become a zone free of nuclear weapons under regional agreements: the Treaty of Rarotonga, covering the southern part of the Pacific Ocean; the Treaty of Pelindaba for protection of Africa; the Treaty of Bangkok applied in South Asia, and the Treaty of Tlatelolco valid for Latin America and the Caribbean.
These days the capital of Kazakhstan hosts the XXI World Congress of the international movement International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. Astana welcomes more than five hundred delegates from 50 countries seeking for prohibition of nuclear testing in the world and complete disarmament of nuclear states.
International Day of chocolate is non-official holiday dedicated to the favorite delicacy of many people on the planet. It is always celebrated on the 13-th September annually. This holiday is the wonderful reason to take a piece of chocolate, even if you try cutting down on sweets.
On June 9 the International Friendship Day is observed. This is not an official holiday and it was introduced quite recently. However, it has a very noble goal to remind people how much their beloved ones mean for them, and to give a chance to spend an evening with them.
«Let’s learn how to use paper efficiently!» —it is the key thesis of international «paper free» campaign which occurs on every fourth Thursday of October all over the world.
On the 15-th of October, in many countries of the world the Global handwashing day is celebrated. The task of its campaign is a promotion of handwashing using soap as the key approach to the prevention of many illnesses.
Worldwide in many countries an original holiday is celebrated – Tree-planting day (it is also known as Day of tree, Day of trees, Day of forest plantation).
Madeira Nature Festival is a new event arranged since October, 2011 which gives possibility to the participants of exultance to get familiar with natural wealth of archipelago Madeira. During celebration of festival guests will be offered to try different types of healthy and active rest on the ground, as well as in air and ocean.
On the desert coral-island Aldabra which forms part of Seychelles it is found seven species of Aldabra striped snail which has been considered as extinct since 2007, as it is reported by Russian service of BBC.
In the system of International days of United Nations Organisation, on the 23-rd of August it is celebrated the International day for the remembrance of the slave-trading and its abolition. It was established by General Conference of UNESCO in 1998. At first it was celebrated in Haiti (in 1998) and in Senegal (in 1999).
The ATOM Project is calling for an international moment of silence during the August 29 UN International Day Against Nuclear Tests in memory of all victims of nuclear weapons testing.
Annualy International day of mosquito is celebrated on the 20-th of August upon an initiative of Sir Ronald Ross, Indian doctor and parasitologist of Scotish origin, who discovered that the carriers of malaria are mosquito females from a kind of Anopheles.
