Journées Internationales et journées mondiales......quelle différence?

Les Nations Unies suivant organisent des événements et d'initiatives pour célébrer, en jours spécifiques, dates importantes et anniversaries. Ces manifestations visent à promouvoir la réalisation des objectifs de la Charte des Nations Unies et d'appuyer la sensibilisation et l'action du public sur d'importantes questions relatives aux droits politiques, sociaux, culturels, humanitaires ou humaine. Ces evenements sont établi conformément aux votes exprimés par les États membres des Nations Unies au cours des sessions annuelles de l'Assemblée Générale. L'ONU dédie Journées, Semaines, Années ou Décennies Internationales pour informer la population mondial sur des questions spécifiques telles que le trafic humain, les maladies non transmissibles, la discrimination du VIH / sida, le racisme, l'égalité des sexes, l'accès à la justice et au procès équitable. 

Informations sur les events célébrées par les Nations Unies:

Journées Internationales

http://www.un.org/fr/events/observances/days.shtml

Années Internationales

 http://www.un.org/fr/events/observances/years.shtml

Decennies Internationales

http://www.un.org/fr/events/observances/decades.shtml

Les Journées Mondiales, au contraire, sont organiseés par les institutions spécialisées des Nations Unies, comment par example:

 22 Mars - La journee mondiale de l'eau (UNESCO)

Journée mondiale de la liberté de la presse 2013

Journée mondiale de la liberté de la presse 2013

 3 Mai - La journée mondiale de la liberté de la presse (UNESCO)

Journée mondiale de la liberté de la presse 2013Jou

17 Mai - La journée mondiale des télécommunications et de la société de l'information (UIT):

16 Octobre - La journéee mondiale de l'alimentation (FAO) 

Journée mondiale de la liberté de la presse 2013

Journée mondiale de la liberté de la presse 2013

5th May, 2013 - International Day of the Midwife

In occasion of the International Day of the Midwife, the United Nations Population Fund and the International Confederation of Midwives emphasized the importance of the role of midwives in a joint statement.

•  Midwifes contribute with their work towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5, targets A and B, by 2015 and beyond.

•  In addition to their work, caring for women during and after childbirth, to ensure safe deliveries and providing essential newborn care, midwives provide a wide range of assistance in humanitarian emergencies.

• Midwives are also key to ensuring universal access to voluntary family planning. This alone could help prevent 87 million unintended pregnancies—so many of which result in unsafe abortions in developing countries—and close to a third of all maternal deaths. About 222 million women want to delay or avoid pregnancies but lack the modern means to do so. 

Midwifes play an important role for the health of local communities by training and supervising health workers to provide health information and promote safer practices to young couples and women to make the decisions that are right for their particular situations.Unfortunately, economic differences, inequalities in countries and inaccessibility of services in some areas contribute to a shortage of some 350,000 midwives at a time when the world needs midwives more than ever!!! 

We urge all nations to work together to address the inequalities and inaccessibility of midwifery services. We encourage them to support quality training, innovative technologies and an enabling environment for midwives to match the vital role they play in communities and societies, especially in developing countries.

On this International Day of the Midwife, UNFPA and ICM reiterate their commitment to investments to strengthen quality midwifery, which will, in turn, promote healthier families, communities and nations.

 

WHO - Maternal Mortality Statistics

 Links

Maternal Health - WHO website

Key messages - IDM 2013

United Nations agencies promote public awareness on a number of sensitive issues arranging a series of events and initiatives throughout the year.

United Nations agencies are used to organize, on a regular basis, a number of events and initiatives to celebrate in specific days, important dates and anniversaries in accordance with the votes expressed by the UN Member States during the Annual Sessions of the General Assembly. These events aim at promoting the achievement of the purposes of the UN Charter and support public awareness of and action on important political, social, cultural, humanitarian or human rights issues. UN institutions currently celebrate international Days, international Weeks, International Years, Decades and Anniversaries to inform people around the world on specific issues like human trafficking, non-communicable diseases, discrimination of HIV/AIDS affected people, racism, gender mainstreaming, access to justice and fair trail. Details on these dates are available in the UN Observances site: http://www.un.org/en/events/observances/index.shtml