United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights - United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights The United Nations Prizes in the Field of Human Rights were instituted by a General Assembly resolution in 1966. They are intended to "honour and commend people and organisations which have made an outstanding contribution to the promotion and protection of the human rights embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in other United Nations human rights instruments". They were first awarded in 1968, and they have been given out at five-year intervals since then. The award ceremony traditionally takes place on 10 December, which the UN has designated Human Rights Day. The recipients are selected by a special committee comprising the presidents of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council and the.
History of Guatemala - known as La Antigua, in 1543. In the 17th century, Antigua Guatemala became one of the richest capitals in the New World. Always vulnerable to volcanic eruptions, floods, and earthquakes, Antigua was destroyed by two earthquakes in 1773, but the remnants of its Spanish colonial architecture have been preserved as a national monument. The third capital, modern Guatemala City, was founded in 1776, after which Antigua was ordered to be abandoned. The 19th Century Guatemala gained independence from Spain on September 15, 1821; it briefly became part of the Mexican Empire and then for a period belonged to a federation called the United Provinces of Central America, until the federation broke up in civil war in 1838-1840 (See: History of Central America). Guatemala's Rafael Carrera was instrumental in leading the revolt.
UN peacekeeping - UN peacekeeping Peacekeeping operations by the United Nations are operations designed to restore or protect the peace in certain areas of conflict. They are initiated by the UN Security Council. UN peacekeeping initiatives have ranged from small, diplomatic or political delegations to large mobilizations. From 1957 to 2003, there were 55 UN peacekeeping missions. 13 missions were continuing at the end of 2003. 130 nations have sent troops on peacekeeping missions with troops from 89 countries deployed in 2003. Canada and Fiji have been part of almost all peacekeeping missions. A total of 1800 soldiers, hailing from over 100 countries, have been killed while serving on peacekeeping missions. 30% of the fatalities in the first 55 years of UN peacekeeping occurred in the years 1993-1995. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1.
Deaths in 2003 - from Ethiopia 9 Paul Simon, former U.S. Senator from Illinois (75 years) 8 Rubén González, Cuban pianist, member of the Buena Vista Social Club (84 years) 8 Johnny Bulla, golfer (89 years) 7 Raúl Vale, Venezuelan-Mexican entertainer (59 years) 7 Carl F. H. Henry, American Evangelical theologian, founder of Christianity Today magazine (90 years) 7 Azie Taylor Morton, former Treasurer of the United States (67 years) 6 Jose-Maria Jimenez, professional bicycle rider (32 years) 6 Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, President of Guatemala 1970-74 (85 years) 6 Jerry Tuite, professional wrestler (36 years) 5 Bert Templeton, ice hockey coach (63 years) 3 David Hemmings, actor 2 Ignaz Kiechle, German politician, minister for agriculture 1983-93 1 Clark Kerr, first Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, 1952-58, and President of the University of.
December 2003 - Commission. [1] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announces a ban on the sale of dietary supplement ephedra, citing "an unreasonable risk of illness or injury" from the use of the drug. [1] U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft recuses himself and his office from the CIA leak scandal, in which the identity of Valerie Plame, a CIA operative, was leaked by Washington insiders. Democratic political leaders had been calling for Ashcroft's recusal. [1] The man who was convicted of breaking into mainland China cable television networks and broadcasting footage of the banned Falun Gong reportedly dies in prison. Falun Gong and the Hong Kong-based Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy claim he was beaten.[1] December 29, 2003 Papal Nuncio to Burundi, Irish-born Archbishop Michael Courtney, is killed in an ambush..
October 2003 - the Tokyo subway, ends in Japan with final statements from lawyers. The next court session is to be held in mid-February 2004. [1] Russia: The furor surrounding Yukos deepens with an outspoken statement from the Russian Prime Minister expressing deep concern about the freezing of Yukos shares. [1] United Kingdom: Kenneth Clark has ruled himself out of the contest to lead the Conservative Party and the field is left potentially clear for Michael Howard to be elected unopposed. [1] Surfer Bethany Hamilton's arm is bitten off by a shark October 30, 2003 Security: A plastic toy gun, used as part of a Halloween costume, sparks a two-hour-long terrorism scare at the Capitol Building in Washington, DC. [1] Economics: The U.S. Commerce Department reports that U.S. gross domestic product grew at an.
November 2003 - 30, 2003 Syria hands over 22 suspects to Turkey on Sunday in connection with four deadly suicide bombings in Istanbul, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. [1] According to the Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy, the People's Republic of China has freed three people detained on charges of posting information critical of the government on the Internet. [1] The Observer newspaper reports that a deal is imminent to repatriate British men being held in Guantanamo Bay. [1] Israeli army chief Moshe Yaalon and former heads of Shin Bet criticise Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for his unwillingness to consider the Geneva plan. [1] [1] [1] The Japanese government announces its intention to temporarily nationalize regional bank Ashikaga Bank after inspections show that it is insolvent; the cost may exceed $9.
List of awards bestowed on Nelson Mandela - Maseru, 29 September 1980 - Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, New Delhi, India, 14 November 1981 Freedom of the City of Glasgow, 4 August. Road named after Mandela by the London Borough of Brent Dr Bruno Kreisky Prize for merit in the field of human rights, Vienna, Austria 1982 - Elected Honorary Life President of the Students' Union at the London School of Economics and Political Science 1983 Honorary citizenship of Rome, February. Honorary citizenship of Olympia, Greece, 17 March Honorary Doctorate of Laws. City College of New York, 5 June City Council of Dublin, Ireland, unveiled sculpture in a city park by Elisabeth Frink dedicated to Nelson Mandela, 26 June Award of the order Star of International Friendship in gold by the German Democratic Republic, 18 July City Council.
High Commissioner for Human Rights - High Commissioner for Human Rights High Commissioner for Human Rights Mandate The mandate of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights derives from Articles 1, 13 and 55 of the Charter of the United Nations, the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and Assembly resolution 48/141 of 20 December 1993, by which the Assembly established the post of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. In connection with the programme for reform of the United Nations (A/51/950, para. 79), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Centre for Human Rights were consolidated into a single Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights as of 15 September 1997. Functions and organization The Office of the United.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was established by the United Nations in 1946 to encourage collaboration among nations in the areas of education, science, culture, and communication. More than 180 nations belong to UNESCO. UNESCO's headquarters are in Paris, France, and operates educational, scientific, and cultural programs and exchanges from 60 field offices worldwide. Projects sponsored by UNESCO include international science programs; literacy, technical, and teacher-training programs; regional and cultural history projects; and international cooperation agreements to secure the world’s cultural and natural heritage and to preserve human rights. UNESCO has at times been highly controversial. During the 1970s and 1980s, Western countries, especially the United States and the United Kingdom, believed it was being.
Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting - Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting The Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting has been awarded since 1948. List of winners: 1948 Paul W. Ward of Baltimore Sun. For his series of articles published in 1947 on "Life in the Soviet Union." 1949 Price Day of Baltimore Sun. For his series of 12 articles entitled, "Experiment in Freedom: India and Its First Year of Independence." 1950 Edmund Stevens of Christian Science Monitor. For his series of 43 articles written over a three-year residence in Moscow entitled, "This Is Russia Uncensored." 1951 Keyes Beech (Chicago Daily News); Homer Bigart (New York Herald Tribune); Marguerite Higgins (New York Herald Tribune); Relman Morin (AP); Fred Sparks (Chicago Daily News); and Don Whitehead (AP) of Multiple Publications. For their reporting of the Korean.
History of the United States (1945-1964) - History of the United States (1945-1964) This article is part of the History of the United States series. Colonial America History of the United States (1776-1865) The coming of the Civil War The Civil War History of the United States (1865-1918) History of the United States (1918-1945) History of the United States (1945-1964) History of the United States (1964-1980) History of the United States (1980-present) Demographic history of the United States Military history of the United States Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 The breakdown of postwar peace 1.1 Introduction: 1.2 The origins of the Cold War 1.3 Two visions of the world 1.4 The collapse of postwar peace 1.5 Containment and the escalation of the Cold War 1.6 The Korean War 2 The "Affluent Society" and the.
History of the United States (1964-1980) - History of the United States (1964-1980) This article is part of the History of the United States series. Colonial America History of the United States (1776-1865) The coming of the Civil War The Civil War History of the United States (1865-1918) History of the United States (1918-1945) History of the United States (1945-1964) History of the United States (1964-1980) History of the United States (1980-present) Demographic history of the United States Military history of the United States Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Civil rights 2 Election of 1964 3 The War on Poverty and the Great Society 4 The Vietnam quagmire 4.1 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and the Tet Offensive 4.2 The antiwar movement 4.3 The crises of 1968 and the rise of Richard Nixon 4.4 Nixon.
Government of the United States - Government of the United States This article is about the national government of the United States. For information about the state and local governments, see: Politics of the United States and the individual state entries. The government of the United States, established by the Constitution, is a federal republic of 50 states. The national government consists of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. The head of the executive branch is the President of the United States of America. The legislative branch consists of the United States Congress, while the Supreme Court of the United States is the head of the judicial branch. The legal system of the United States is based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations. Table.
American Civil Rights Movement - American Civil Rights Movement The Civil Rights Movement in the United States has been a long, primarily nonviolent struggle to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all Americans. It has been made up of many movements, though it is often used to refer to the struggles between 1945 and 1970 to end discrimination against African-Americans and to end racial segregation, especially in the U.S. South. Some of the other struggles, often but not always working together, include the women's liberation movement, the gay liberation movement, the disabled rights movement, and many socioeconomic class-based movements. The civil rights movement has had a tremendous and lasting impact on United States society, both in its tactics and in increased social and legal acceptance of civil rights. Table.
Nobel Peace Prize - Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize (pronounced with the stress on the second syllable of Nobel) is one of Nobel Prizes bequested by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. Four of the five prizes are awarded in Stockholm each year, but Nobel had stipulated in his will that the Peace Prize could not be awarded in Sweden. Instead the Norwegian capital of Oslo was chosen as the award site and the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which members are chosen by the Norwegian Parliament, is appointed to select the laureate for the Peace Prize. According to the will of Alfred Nobel the prize should be awarded "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations, for the abolition or.
History of the Philippines - deer. The Tabon caves of Palawan indicate settlement for at least 30,500 years; these hunter-gatherers used stone flake toolss. (In Mindanao, the existence and importance of these prehistoric tools was noted by famed José Rizal himself, because of his acquaintance with Spanish and German scientific archaeologists in the 1880s, while in Europe.) Holocene Southeast Asia as seen on the display globe at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. After the last ice age, the sea level rose an estimated 35m (110 feet), which cut the land bridges, filling the shallow seas north of Borneo. Thus the only method of migration left was the dugout prao, built by felling trees and hollowing them out with adzes. To this day, the Filipino word for village is kin to the word for boat..
1948 - topic 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Nobel Prizes Events January 1 - Nationalisation of UK railways to form British Railways. January 4 - Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom January 5 - Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel (Tournament of Roses Parade and the Rose Bowl). January 30 - Indian pacifist and leader Mahatma Gandhi is murdered by a Hindu extremist. January 30 - 1948 Winter Olympics open in St. Moritz, Switzerland February 4 - Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth. King George VI becomes King of Ceylon. February 18 - Eamon de Valera, head of government since 1932, loses power to an opposition coalition. John A. Costello is appointed Taoiseach of Éire (formerly called the Irish Free State) by President O'Kelly. February.
1998 - 2 - Russia begins to circulate new rubless to stem inflation and promote confidence. January 6 - The Lunar Prospector spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon and later found evidence for frozen water on the moon's surface. January 8 - Ramzi Yousef is sentenced to life in prison for planning the World Trade Center bombing. January 8 - Cosmologists announce that the expansion rate of the universe is increasing. January 12 - 19 European nations agree to forbid human cloning. January 14 - Researchers in Dallas, Texas present findings about an enzyme the slows aging and cell death (apoptosis). January 15 - The stalker of Howard Stern, Lance Carvin, is sentenced to 2 1/2 years for threatening to kill Stern and his family. January 16 - NASA announces that.
1968 - territorial waters while spying. January 30 - Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive begin when Viet Cong forces launch series of a surprise attacks in South Vietnam. January 31 - Viet Cong attack the United States embassy in Saigon January 31 - Nauru's president Hammer DeRoburt declares independence from Australia February 1 - Vietnam War: A Viet Cong officer is executed by Nguyen Ngoc Loan a South Vietnamese National Police Chief. The execution was videotaped and photographed and helped sway public opinion against the war. February 8 - American civil rights movement: A civil rights protest staged at a white-only bowling alley in Orangeburg, South Carolina is broken-up by highway patrolmen leading to the deaths of three college students. February 11 - Peggy Fleming wins Olympics figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France..
