MINDBLOWING THOUGHT PROCESS!!!
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MINDBLOWING THOUGHT PROCESS!!!
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Facts About the Nobel Prizes · Named after Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and inventor of dynamite. · First awarded in 1901, five years after Alfred Nobel's death. · Prizes first awarded in five subjects: chemistry, physics, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace. · Sixth subject, economics, added in 1969. · Prizes can only be awarded to individuals, except the Peace Prize. · Each award can be given to a maximum of three people per year. · Money from Nobel's estate went into a fund managed by the Nobel Foundation. The interest from the fund constitutes the monetary prize each year. · Each prize constitutes a gold medal, a diploma, and a sum of money. · If there are multiple winners of one subject, the award money is split equally among the winners. · The Literature and Peace Prizes are very controversial because the award criteria is considered subjective. · Each year there are 100 to 250 nominees for each prize. · If someone nominated himself/herself, he/she would automatically be disqualified. · Someone cannot be nominated posthumously. Yet, if someone was alive when nominated but died before the award was given, they may be awarded posthumously. · Prizes must be awarded at least once every 5-year period. · A few prize winners have declined the award. |
UN recognized days / weeks
Since the early days of the United Nations, the UN has established a set of Days and Weeks to help focus the world on the issues in which the UN has an interest and commitment. The UN calls on Member States and other organizations to mark these days in ways which reflect their priorities.
January
27 International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust
February
20 World Day of Social Justice (as of 2009)
21 International Mother Language Day
March
8 International Women's Day and
United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace
21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21-28 Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination
22 World Water Day
23 World Meteorological Day
April
4 International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
7 World Health Day
23 World Book and Copyright Day
May
3 World Press Freedom Day
15 International Day of Families
17 World Information Society Day (formerly World Telecommunication Day)
21 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
22 International Day for Biological Diversity (formerly December 29, changed in 2001)
25-June 1 Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories
29 International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
31 World No-Tobacco Day
June
4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
5 World Environment Day
17 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
20 World Refugee Day
23 United Nations Public Service Day
26 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking and
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
July
First Saturday International Day of Cooperatives
11 World Population Day
August
9 International Day of the World's Indigenous People
12 International Youth Day
23 International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
September
8 International Literacy Day
15 International Day of Democracy
16 International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
21 International Day of Peace (formerly the opening day of the UN General Assembly, changed to a set date as of 2002)