december 2008


International Migrant’s Day, designated by the UN in 2000.

International Human Rights Day. On this day in 1948, the UN Assembly adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the first global enunciation of human rights.

International Volunteer Day, declared in 1985 by the United Nations.

 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery recalls the date of the adoption of the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others and commemorates the struggle against slavery and its abolition.