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• 23 October 2020, Bonn, Germany - The United nations Institute for training and research (UNITAR) is now the 24th and latest member of the UN circle of relatives in Bonn.
• UNITAR, based in Geneva, Switzerland, opens its 1/3 out-published workplace within the UN metropolis in Germany, following the places of work in the usa (big apple) and Japan (Hiroshima). The Institute has several venture places of work and affiliated schooling centres around the sector.
• The Bonn workplace will offer a complete variety of services spanning its paintings across all pillars of agenda 2030, collectively with flagship programmes on multilateral international relations, climate trade mastering, e-waste, non-communicable sickness, warfare prevention, peacekeeping, satellite evaluation and carried out studies.

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The United nations convention on exchange and developmental (UNCTAD) became installed in 1964 as an intergovernmental organization meant to sell the interests of growing states in international change.

UNCTAD is the a part of the United countries Secretariat handling change, investment, and development issues. The organization's goals are to: "maximize the exchange, investment and development possibilities of developing countries and help them of their efforts to combine into the arena economic system on an equitable basis".

UNCTAD become mounted by using the United nations general assembly in 1964 and it reviews to the UN popular assembly and United nations monetary and Social Council.

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"Ron" Suskind is an American journalist, author, and filmmaker.

He won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for articles that became the starting point for his first book, A Hope in the Unseen

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About men’s Cricket World Cup 1975

Edition: First

Format: One Day International (ODI)

Venue: England

Winner: West Indies (First title)

Runners-up: Australia

Participating teams: 08

Total Matches: 15

Most runs: Glenn Turner (total 333 runs)

Glenn Turner belonged: New Zealand

Most wickets: Gary Gilmour (total 11 wickets)

Gary Gilmour belonged: Australia

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FATF stands for Financial Action Task Force

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World Sports Journalist Day is celebrated worldwide on July 2nd each year.

First celebrated in 1994.

Aim: to promote the work of sports journalists 

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International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations is celebrated on 10th of June.

This day has been designated by the United Nations (UN).

The day is celebrated to promote mutual respect and global solidarity.

On 10th June 2025, this day was celebrated for the first time. 

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International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3)

It is an international observance promoted by the United Nations since 1992

The observance of the Day aims to promote the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities. 

 It was originally called "International Day of Disabled Persons" until 2007

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In 2018, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming January 24 as International Day of Education.

Fifth edition of International Day of Education observed on 24 January 2023.