International Mountain Day
Covering around 22 percent of the earth’s land surface, mountains play a critical role in moving the world towards sustainable economic growth. They not only provide sustenance and wellbeing to 915 million mountain people around the world, representing 13 percent of global population, but mountains also indirectly benefit billions more living downstream.
A Love Story of Mountains
December 11 is International Mountain Day: a day to celebrate the incredible power of mountains. For millennia, mountains have been revered for their base majesty and ecological, spiritual, and cultural significance. Mountain glaciers in the...
International Mountain Day
Celebrate Mountains: International Mountain Day
A short celebration of mountains - peaks, people, and places - for International Mountain Day 2015.
Human Rights
A short for the 30 articles of human rights. Jury Prize for the short film “Human Rights”, UN short film competition, December 2011 shot/ directed/ edited by Ani Boghossian starring: Anoush Boghossian, Tatev Hovhannisyan, Sam Avetisyan music:...
International Human Rights Day
International Human Rights Day is celebrated annually across the world on 10 December every year.
Amnesty and Trade Unions: Partners in Solidarity
For thirty years, Amnesty International has worked with trade unions to protect human rights around the world.
Learn about Human Rights: This is RightsInfo
rightsinfo.org - RightsInfo is about sharing our human rights using beautiful infographics, stories and social media. Knowledge is power. We want to make human rights accessible to all. Thanks for coming along for the ride and, remember, if...
"On Human Rights Day, let us recommit to guaranteeing the fundamental freedoms and protecting the human rights of all." - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December. It commemorates the day on which, in 1948,...
International Anti-Corruption Day
International Anti-Corruption Day has been observed annually, on 9 December, since the passage of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption on 31 October 2003.
UN against corruption
https://vimeo.com/25708108 Highlights of the six-part suite of 2D infographics videos using animated typography and simple, iconic animated pictograms to explain the effects of corruption on society. It also incorporates a short segment of live-action video, embedded...
Corruption is a serious crime that can undermine social and economic development in all societies. No country, region or community is immune. Please visit: http://www.anticorruptionday.org/
Transparency International – Corruption Perceptions Index
https://vimeo.com/33000354 Corruption is a problem worldwide, but how bad is it? And what can be done? Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index seeks to help answer these questions. Client: Transparency International Agency: Column Five Media Creative...
Unbroken Ground
Unbroken Ground explains the critical role food will play in the next frontier of our efforts to solve the environmental crisis. It explores four areas of agriculture that aim to change our relationship to the land and oceans. Most of our...
World Soil Day
Soil is an essential resource and a vital part of the natural environment from which most of the global food is produced. At the same time, soil provides living space for humans, as well as essential ecosystem services which are important for water regulation and...
International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
International Volunteer Day (IVD) (originally and still known as International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development) (December 5) is an international observance designated by the United Nations since 1985. It offers an opportunity for volunteer...
International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
http://www.un.org/en/events/volunteerday/The International Volunteer Day (IVD) mandated by the UN General Assembly, is held each year on 5 December. It is viewed as a unique chance for volunteers and organizations to celebrate their efforts, to share their values, and to promote their work among their...
Better Save Soil – English
Fertile soil forms the foundation of our modern societies. Although we should be doing everything we can to sustain it, when we look around us, we see a very different story. Both political initiatives and local actions are necessary to...
IVD Flash Mob 2012
On International Volunteer Day (IVD) 2012 we celebrated our commitment and hope for a better world. The main focus of IVD 2012 was awareness of and recognition for volunteers and volunteer organizations. The purpose is to recognize this...
‘You Are What You Eat’ – Formidable Vegetable Sound System/BigFish
'You Are What You Eat' by Formidable Vegetable Sound System. Written by Charlie Mgee. Animated by Igor Coric. A BigFish production. Song available from music.formidablevegetable.com.au. A short music video produced for the 2015...
Let’s Talk About Soil – English
The film is available in English, Chinese, Spanish, German, French, Portugese, Turkish, Arabic, Italian and English subtitled. This animated film tells the reality of soil resources around the world, covering the issues of degradation,...
Thank You, Volunteers
International Volunteer Day, the United Nations-mandated observance day which ‘celebrates the power and potential of volunteerism’ takes place annually on 5 December. This year, the world leader of The Salvation Army – General André Cox –...
On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3) is an international observance promoted by the United Nations since 1992. It has been celebrated with varying degrees of success around the planet. The observance of the Day aims to promote an understanding...
Inclusion Matters: Debunking Common Myths Around Disability
In celebration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, COR, in partnership with University of Regina Faculty of Kinesiology students, presents Inclusion Matters: Debunking Common Myths Around Disability. Students and faculty...
Disability Is Not Inability, as UN Celebrates International Disability Day
The international day of persons with disabilities is a chance to celebrate the empowerment and achievements of this social group. At the United Nations this week, world leaders gathered with civil society and disability advocates to discuss...
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 3 December 2013. Theme: “Break Barriers, Open Doors: for an inclusive society and development for all”.
"We mark this year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities in the wake of the adoption of the ambitious 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This global blueprint for action summons us to “leave no one behind”." Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon The...
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery[1] is a yearly event on December 2, organized by the United Nations General Assembly. The Day was first celebrated in 1986. The Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the...
Modern Slavery Garden
Today over 27 million people are trapped in modern slavery around the world. We have the power to change this and make slavery history. Will you join us and #askthequestion?
