World Science Day
The World Day of Science for Peace and Development (English: World Science Day for Peace and Development , WSDPD) is a world day of the organization's United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO exclaimed) worldwide commemoration and action , the important to the The contribution of science to peace and development. It is also intended to honor UNESCO's contributions to science: including the Declaration on Science and the Use of Scientific Knowledge and the Science Agenda - Framework for Action, both of which were decided at the World Conference on Science (today's World Science Forum ) in 1999 in the Hungarian capital Budapest . As a follow-up to this conference, UNESCO proclaimed World Science Day in 2001. Since then it has been celebrated annually on November 10th . As part of World Science Day, the UNESCO Science Awards will be presented.
In addition, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science takes place every February 11th instead of.
Web links
- Website of the German UNESCO Commission for World Science Day
- UNESCO World Day of Science website (English)
- The United Nations website for International Day of women and girls in science (English)
- UNESCO Science Day: Education for All, Die Zeit , November 10, 2009.