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21 Themes and 'Year of' Events for 2025 PART ONE, THE FIRST 12 Every year, various organizations announce the theme for the year. These themes can focus on causes, such as aesthetics and color tre...
November is the start of the holiday season in many parts of the world. It is a time for family, football, food, shopping and decorating, particularly in the Christian and Jewish world, leading to Christmas and...
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World Refugee Day highlights the plight, strength, and courage of millions of refugees worldwide.
Although not declared a public holiday, the world observes it to emphasize the situation of refugees for a day or an entire week.
On December 4, 2000, the United Nations General Assembly declared June 20 World Refugee Day under Resolution 55/76, starting in 2001, the 50th anniversary of the 1951 Convention regarding the Status of Refugees, coinciding with Africa Refugee Day.
Amnesty International and International Rescue Committee organize activities that include protests against the detention of migrants and asylum seekers and petitions to various government organizations on caring for refugees in detention.
Explore the refugee crisis worldwide through this animated, interactive tool on EarthTime. The header image for this event is a snapshot from Earthtime.org's interactive map showing 2014. Explore 2000-2020 here:
https://earthtime.org/stories/global_refugee_crisis_a_system_overburdened
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