"EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME"

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Ishmael Beah has concluded a visit to his native Sierra Leone on the commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Ishmael, a former Sierra Leonean child soldier and best-selling author, traveled to Bombali and Tonkolili Districts in northern Sierra Leone, where he met with child survivors of sexual abuse, children in contact with the law and orphaned children. UNICEF

Press briefing by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) entitled "UNESCO Youth for Nature Based Solutions".

A surge in “deliberate” attacks against students, teachers and schools in West and Central Africa has led to a tripling in school closures in the last year and left almost two million youngsters “robbed of an education”, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. UNTV CH / FILE

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Resolutions endorsing outcome document of conference on South-South cooperation, strengthening Francophonie partnership, among texts adopted by General Assembly at 75th plenary meeting.

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Event entitled “Maiden Celebration of International Day of Education”

Vienna is a city in solidarity with the UN refugees agency’s (UNHCR) Cities#WithRefugees campaign and has various municipal programmes to support refugees. UNHCR said the city has organised housing, medical care, language classes and education programmes for refugees. UNHCR

Speakers call for greater awareness, raising about dangers of racism, prejudice, as General Assembly reviews education programme on transatlantic slave trade at 38th plenary meeting.