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Writers have traditionally written abbreviated dates according to their local custom, creating all-numeric equivalents to day–month formats such as "4 February 2025" (04/02/25, 04/02/2025, 04-02-2025 or 04.02.2025) and month–day formats such as "February 4, 2025" (02/04/25 or 02/04/2025).
Since 2011, the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) has run the "Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion" campaign, in partnership with UNESCO and other public and private organisations. This asks people to spend World Day for Cultural Diversity learning about different cultures or sharing their culture with others. [12] [13]
The European Copernicus Climate Change Service reports that 2024 was the world's hottest year on record, and the first calendar year to pass the symbolic threshold of 1.5°C of global warming. [22] January 11 – A gas station explosion in al-Bayda, Yemen, results in 40 deaths and dozens of others injured. [23]
In 2016, a one-day conference was hosted by Carleton University and organized by A11yYOW Archived 2019-12-16 at the Wayback Machine, Ottawa's accessibility Meetup. [ 11 ] In 2017, Apple released a series of videos and organized a concert as part of a week-long series of events marking Global Accessibility Awareness Day.
1 January - New Year's Day; 6 January - Epiphany; 17 April - Maundy Thursday; 18 April - Good Friday; 21 April - Easter Monday; 1 May - International Workers' Day; 15 August - Assumption Day; 12 October - National Day of Spain; 1 November - All Saints' Day; 6 December – Constitution Day; 25 December - Christmas Day
DEI policy emerged from Affirmative action in the United States. [19] The legal term "affirmative action" was first used in "Executive Order No. 10925", [20] signed by President John F. Kennedy on 6 March 1961, which included a provision that government contractors "take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated [fairly] during employment, without ...
UN Spanish Language Day (Spanish: Día del Idioma Español en las Naciones Unidas) is observed annually on 23 April. [1] The event was established by the UN's Department of Public Information in 2010, [2] seeking "to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity as well as to promote equal use of all six of its official working languages throughout the organization".
Source: [3] [4]. 1 January – New Year's Day; 3–4 March – Carnival 24 March – Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice 2 April – Malvinas Day 18 April – Good Friday 1 May – Labour Day