Serbia joins the International Youth Day celebrations
August 19, 2010
Serbia joins the global campaign to support young people by celebrating the International Youth Day and launching the beginning of the International Year of Youth under the theme "Dialogue und Mutual Understanding".Minister of Youth and Sport, Snezana Samardzic-Markovic and Mr. William S. Infante, UN Resident Coordinator in Serbia, jointly launch the International Year of Youth at the signing ceremony with representatives of 62 NGOs, the recipients of 57 million RSD provided by the Ministry of Youth and Sport for youth related projects throughout Serbia promoting entrepreneurship, environment management, education, and fight against language barriers in ethnically diverse surroundings.
Other News
UNCT - New Country Partnership Strategy Signed between the Government of Serbia and the United Nations
June 25, 2010
Belgrade, 25 June 2010 – the United Nations (UN) in Serbia represented by UN Resident Coordinator, Mr. William S. Infante, and the Government of Serbia, represented by Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs, HE Vuk Jeremic, signed a new five-year Country Partnership Strategy. The strategy will implement an estimated US$ 250 million in programs and activities from 2011 to 2015 that will be conceived with the government and other stakeholders.
WHO - World Health Day 2010
April 19, 2010
World Health Day 2010 focused on urbanization and health. With the campaign "1000 cities - 1000 lives", events were organized worldwide calling on cities to open up streets for health activities. Stories of urban health champions were gathered to illustrate what people are doing to improve health in their cities.
UNCT - World Health Day 2010
April 19, 2010
7th April, World Health Day 2010 focused on urbanization and health. With the campaign "1000 cities - 1000 lives", events were organized worldwide calling on cities to open up streets for health activities. Stories of urban health champions were gathered to illustrate what people are doing to improve health in their cities.
UNCT - 2 April = World Autism Awareness Day / Svetski dan osoba sa autizmom
March 31, 2010
World Autism Awareness Day Focuses Attention on Autism Which Affects 1 in 110 Children Worldwide / Svetski dan osoba sa autizmom skreće pažnju na autizam koji pogađa jedno od svakih 110 dece na svetu
UNHCR - UNHCR PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR DURABLE SOLUTIONS TO PROTRACTED DISPLACEMENT IN THE BALKANS
March 29, 2010
Belgrade, 25 March 2010 - The ministers of foreign affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia met in Belgrade on the occasion of the International Conference: Durable Solutions for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons: Cooperation Among Countries of the Region to discuss the obstacles remaining on the road to durable solutions for the persons living in a protracted refugee situation in the region as a result of the conflict of the early 1990s.
UNCT - INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY/ MEDJUNARODNI DAN ZENA 8th March 2010
March 5, 2010
OPINION PIECE FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
UNCT - International Mother Language Day
February 24, 2010
The International Mother Language Day, proclaimed by the General Conference of UNESCO in November 1999, has been observed yearly since February 2000 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.
UNCT - Haiti is not Alone, Op-Ed by Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations
January 19, 2010
The disaster in Haiti shows once again something that we, as human beings, have always known: that even amid the worst devastation, there is always hope.
UNCT - MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION DAY / ПОРУКА ПОВОДОМ МЕЂУНАРОДНОГ ДАНА БОРБЕ ПРОТИВ КОРУПЦИЈЕ 9th December 2009
December 9, 2009
The theme of this year’s observance of the International Anti-Corruption Day -- “don’t let corruption kill development” – highlights one of the biggest impediments to the world’s efforts to reach the Millennium Development Goals.
UNCT - Non-discrimination is focus of Human Rights Day, 10 December 2009
December 8, 2009
The realisation of all human rights - social, economic and cultural as well as civil and political rights – is hampered by discrimination. All too often, when faced with prejudice and discrimination, political leaders, governments and ordinary citizens are silent or complacent. Yet everyone of us can make a difference.
