FORUM: “Make Molecular Gastronomy accessible to everyone.“ Sustainable Gastronomy Day 2023. Gastronomy is the culture of food production, preparation, selection, service and appreciation. This includes the End-To-End Culture of Food from cultivation of ingredients to the consumption of a social meal. Thousands of professional chefs and amateur cooks will introduce their culinary arts during the the observance of the day. The chiefs will provide cooks with detailed and proven recipes, tips and techniques to get the best results, affordable ways of acquiring or substituting molecular gastronomy equipment and ingredients to inspire the creativity of the participants.Follow the conversation with the hashtags, #Recipes, #MolecularGastronomy, #sustainablegastronomy, #18june.
PUBLICATIONS:Molecular Gastronomy: A New Emerging Scientific Discipline - In this review we bring together the many strands of chemistry that have been and are increasingly being used in the kitchen to provide a sound basis for further developments in the area. We also attempt throughout to show using relevant illustrative examples on how knowledge and understanding of chemistry can be applied to good effect in the domestic and restaurant kitchen. Our basic premise is that the application of chemical and physical techniques in some restaurant kitchens to produce novel textures and flavor combinations has not only revolutionized the restaurant experience but also led to new enjoyment and appreciation of food.American Chemical Society (ACS).
Hatred, conspiracy theories and prejudice infiltrate our societies and affect all of us. We are flooded by information - and disinformation - more than ever before both on- and offline. But no one is born to hate. Hate is learned and can be unlearned. Education for all is the foundation. Learning to think critically about what we see and hear, create and share is essential. Providing learners with media and information literacy skills to challenge those who promote hatred. Follow the conversation with the hashtags: #HateSpeech, #18june, #NotoHate, #CounteringHateSpeech.
Hate speech is used to stoke fear and division, often for political gain, and at immense cost to communities and societies. It incites violence, exacerbates tensions, and impedes efforts to foster mediation and dialogue. It is one of the warning signs of genocide and other atrocity crimes.
Hate speech is often aimed at vulnerable groups, reinforcing discrimination, stigma and marginalization. Minorities, women, refugees, migrants, and people of diverse sexual orientation and gender identity are frequent targets. Social media platforms can amplify and spread hate speech at lightning speed.
Misguided and ambiguous responses to hate speech – including blanket bans and internet shutdowns – may also violate human rights by restricting freedom of speech and expression. They may even silence some of those best placed to counter hateful narratives: human rights defenders and journalists.
But we are far from powerless in the face of hate speech. We can and must raise awareness about its dangers, and work to prevent and end it in all its forms.
The United Nations Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech is our comprehensive framework for tackling the causes and impacts of hate speech, in line with international human rights standards.
Our offices and teams around the world are confronting hate speech by implementing local action plans, based on this strategy.
Education initiatives, positive speech campaigns, research to understand and address root causes, and efforts to promote inclusion and equal rights all have an important role. Religious, community and business leaders can all play their part.
The United Nations is consulting governments, technology companies and others on a voluntary Code of Conduct for information integrity on digital platforms, aimed at reducing the spread of mis- and disinformation and hate speech, while protecting freedom of expression.
As we mark the International Day for Countering Hate Speech, let us renew our efforts to prevent and end this toxic and destructive phenomenon, while promoting inclusive, just and peaceful communities and societies and protecting the rights and dignity of all.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has called on everyone to work together to build a more respectful and civil world, and for effective action to end hate speech, ahead of the International Day for Countering Hate Speech on 18 June.
“We know that the spread of hate is used by those who want to sow divisions, to scapegoat and to distract from real issues. Social media is a remarkably fertile ground for hate speech, providing it with both unprecedented reach and speed. And hate breeds bigotry, discrimination and incitement to violence,” said Türk.
“What must be done? There is no silver bullet, no switch to flip that will rid our world of hate, online or offline. But with targeted and well-resourced measures, we can succeed in limiting its spread, isolating and holding accountable hate-mongerers, and building greater respect.”
Globally, the spread of hate speech-related laws being misused against journalists and human rights defenders is almost as viral as the spread of hate speech itself, the UN Human Rights Chief said. Broad laws – that license States to censor speech they find uncomfortable and to threaten or detain those who question Government policy or criticize officials – violate rights and endanger essential public debate.
Rather than criminalizing protected speech, we need States and companies to take urgent steps to address incitement to hatred and violence, Türk said.
The High Commissioner called for multifaceted and well-resourced efforts, including:Ratcheting up investment in efforts to combat hate speech in languages other than English, and detecting and pivoting greater attention and investment to fragile contexts, or where early warning signs demand;
Listening to those most affected by hate speech, and providing better channels for them to raise concerns and get prompt action;
Holding companies responsible for what they are – and are not – doing to respect human rights, including by requiring human rights due diligence with regard to their operations and increasing transparency around hate speech policies and practices;
Empowering expanded research into how to effectively combat hate speech through greater transparency, including by open or affordable API access;
Providing support to those whose mental and physical health are seriously affected by incitement to hatred and violence, particularly the well-documented harms caused to women and girls by gender-based hate;
Investing in digital and media literacy programmes, human rights education, and supporting mechanisms to provide independent fact-checking with the participation of journalists and civil society.
“More also needs to be done to address mega-spreaders – those officials and influencers whose voices have profound impact and whose examples inspire thousands of others,” Türk said. “We must build networks and amplify voices that can cut through the hate.”
The United Nations Human Rights Office’s “Faith for Rights” framework is one such effort. It engages religious leaders in an effort to respond to hatred and incitement of violence, as it did for example in Cyprus where calls for religious freedom, coexistence and peace followed cases of vandalism at places of worship.
Mr Volker Türk; United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
The United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect and the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United Nations will host a high-level event to mark the 2nd International Day for Countering Hate Speech, showcasing champions of good practices on tackling hate speech from across the world. Flyer invite with full details
Online and offline, hate speech hurts, divides and affects communities worldwide. Is there a way to address its growing prevalence globally? And to what extent should preventive approaches be adapted regionally? Learn more about the event and watch live event on facebook!
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FORUM : “HER LAND. HER RIGHTS.”International Day to combat Desertification and Drought 2023. The global focus is on women’s land rights— essential for achieving the interconnected global goals on gender equality and land degradation neutrality by 2030 and contributing to the advancement of several other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Women hold a vital stake in the health of the land, yet they often don’t have control over it. In all parts of the world, women face significant barriers in securing land rights, limiting their ability to thrive and prosper. And when land becomes degraded and water is scarce, women are often the worst affected. Investing in women’s equal access to land and associated assets is a direct investment in their future and the future of humanity. It’s time for women and girls to be at the forefront of global land restoration and drought resilience efforts. Follow the conversation with the hashtags: #Herland, #United4land, #17june, #DesertificationDay.
LIVE: High-level event entitled “Her Land. Her Rights: Advancing Gender Equality and Land Restoration Goals” to mark the 2023 World Day to combat Desertification and Drought.
We depend on land for our survival. Yet we treat it like dirt.
Unsustainable farming is eroding soil 100 times faster than natural process can restore them.
And up to 40% of our planet’s land is now degraded:
Imperiling food production;
Threatening biodiversity;
And compounding the climate crisis.
This hits women and girls the hardest.
They suffer disproportionately from the lack of food, water scarcity, and forced migration that result from our mistreatment of land.
Yet they have the least control.
In many countries laws and practices block women and girls from owning land.
But where they do, they restore and protect it: increasing productivity; building resilience to drought and investing in health, education and nutrition.
Equal land rights both protect land and advance gender equality.
That is why this Desertification and Drought Day puts the focus on “her land, her rights”.
I urge all governments to eliminate legal barriers to women owning land, and to involve them in policymaking.
Support women and girls to play their part in protecting our most precious resource.
And together, let’s stop land degradation by 2030.
It is an honour to participate in today’s High-Level Event.
We derive much of our identity, culture, and traditions from our connections to land.
From my mother’s side, my ancestors have been farmers for centuries. That means they knew the values land offered, they respected and used the forces of nature. I learned a lot from them.
Land degradation is a threat not only to our food security, livelihoods, ecosystems, and biodiversity – but to our existence as a whole.
Land degradation wipes out the wisdom that has lived beneath us for millennia, and with it – our hope for the future.
Indeed, as aptly called by the South African writer Nadine Gordimer, the desert is “a place without expectation”.
Twenty-nine years ago, this body proclaimed 17 Juneas the Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.
Ever since, the GA has been tackling these challenges through the deeply intertwined issues of resilience and land restoration.
It has been a long struggle.
And we have all understood that, to quote James Lovelock, “Sadly, it’s much easier to create a desert than a forest”.
Today we cast our focus on two topics that matter to us all: land, and women’s equal rights to own, manage or inherit it.
Throughout my Presidency, I have strongly advocated for better integration of science and policy.
This is especially important for planning how to tackle the climate shocks that erode our global landscape.
So, what does science say about the intersection of land rights, gender empowerment and justice?
The data could not be clearer.
When women farmers have access to own land, they grow more and so do their children and nations.
The UN Food and Agricultural Organization finds that with women’s equal access to resources, including land, agricultural yields could rise by almost a third, resulting in potentially 150 million fewer hungry people in the world.
Empirical research proves that strengthening women’s land and property rights increases food security and reduces malnourishment.
In addition, when we include women equally in land management – and tap their traditional knowledge to promote sustainable land use – we not only reverse desertification, but also promote land restoration practices.
Together, these positive shifts in women’s empowerment have a ripple effect on income, and children’s welfare.
So, we have the evidence to support why it is advantageous to increase women’s land tenure.
What we are lacking are the policy decisions and investments that should not only target women’s individual rights, but also recognize their role in collectively managing land.
In this field, too, we should do our best to remove the barriers to women’s participation in decision-making.
The 2030 Agenda recognizes that gender-equal access to land rights is integral to the achievement of all our global goals of sustainable development.
All 17 goals – from achieving gender equality, to ending poverty and hunger, and to sustaining life on land.
This understanding of the integrated nature of both crises and solutions must have pride of place at the SDG Summit in September.
As we mark this Desertification and Drought Day, I urge you to recognize women’s contributions to the sustainable management of land and the broader achievement of our 2030 Agenda.
And I call upon you to promote laws and policies that give us a fighting chance at leaving no one behind.
Desertification, land degradation and drought disproportionately impact women and girls, as they often do not have access to and control of land resources. They are most affected by reduced agricultural yields and increased water scarcity.
In the vast majority of countries, women have unequal and limited access and control to land. In many regions, they remain subject to discriminatory laws and practices that impede their right to inherit, as well as their access to services and resources.
When women are empowered, entire families and communities benefit. In addition to being on the frontlines of land degradation and climate change impacts, women can also be at the forefront of global efforts to restore land back to health and boost drought resilience. Gender-responsive land restoration is a pathway to reduce poverty, hunger, and malnutrition.
Investing in women’s equal access to land and associated assets is a direct investment in their future and the future of humanity. Securing women's land rights can help advance global gender equality and land restoration goals, and contribute to the achievement of broader Sustainable Development Goals.
The Desertification and Drought Day 2023 global observance event, titled “Her Land. Her Rights: Advancing Gender Equality and Land Restoration Goals” will take place at the United Nations Headquarters’ General Assembly Hall on Friday, 16 June 2023. Organized jointly by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), UN Women, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Offce of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the United Nations Development Programme, the high-level event will bring together leaders and gender equality champions to discuss policies and actions needed to advance women’s land rights and promote stronger female leadership and decision-making power in sustainable land management. Where and when General Assembly Hall, United Nations Headquarters, New York
The UNCCD/CDIO, through this project, "Painting a beautiful World: A children's art story", provides an opportunity for children around the world to paint the reality of the landscapes they presently occupy, or the one they would like to occupy.
The twenty-first session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC21) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), will be held from 9 to 13 October 2023 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
AWARDS: In observance of the 2023 IDFR on June 16th, and as part of the campaign, the 2023IDFR Awards will be presented to those entities, groups, companies and organizations which best embody the values of the Day and have served the needs and interests of remittance families over the years. In response to the United Nations Member States’ call for global efforts in support of the IDFR objectives, awardees will be invited to become honorary representatives of the IDFR through IFAD’s family remittances campaign. The awardees will be selected from the public and private sectors and the civil society by April 2023 for their outstanding activities, innovative initiatives and services or advocacy efforts.
Ahead of the milestone of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), this year’s commemoration of WEAAD will also connect with the year-long campaign to promote and recognise the 75th anniversary. As the month of June of the campaign will focus on showcasing the UDHR by raising awareness on its legacy, relevance and activism as relates to women’s rights, the theme of the 2023 WEAAD commemoration in the United Nations Headquarters in New York is entitled Closing the Circle: Addressing Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Older Age - Policy, Law and Evidence-based Responses. Folllow the conversations with the hashtags: #WorldElderAbuseAwarenessDay, #15june, #WEAAD, #Elderabuse.
An expert panel will present overall trends of violence against older persons, highlight gaps and challenges of implementing the objectives in Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing. Expert panelists will also present five priorities to combat violence against older persons in the Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030).
WEBINARS: On June 15, 2023, come learn from experts and each other about the best practices for preventing elder abuse, and the latest trends among aging population at the World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Conference. SEE IT. STOP IT. PREVENT IT. Elder Abuse Awareness
The slogan for the campaign is “Give blood; Give plasma; Share life; Share often.” It will focus on patients requiring life-long transfusion support and underline the role every single person can play, by giving the valuable gift of blood or plasma. It will also highlight the importance of giving blood or plasma regularly to create a safe and sustainable supply of blood and blood products that can be always available, all over the world, so that all patients in need can receive timely treatment. Follow the conversations with the hashtags: #GiveBlood, #GivePlasma, #14june, #DonateBlood, #WorldBloodDonorDay, #BloodDonations.
Activities that would help promote the slogan of this year’s World Blood Donor Day may include donor appreciation ceremonies, social networking campaigns, special media broadcasts, social media posts featuring individual blood donors with the slogan, meetings and workshops, musical and artistic events to thank blood donors, and coloring the iconic monuments red or yellow. Countries are encouraged to disseminate to various media outlets stories of people, in particular transfusion-dependent patients, whose lives have been saved through blood or plasma donation as a way of motivating blood and plasma donation.
The objectives of the World Blood Donor Day 2023 are to:
celebrate and thank individuals who donate blood and encourage more people to become new donors;
encourage people in good health to donate blood regularly, as often as is safe and possible, to transform the quality of life for transfusion dependent patients and help to build a secure blood supply in all countries in the world;
highlight the critical roles of voluntary non-remunerated regular blood and plasma donations in achieving universal access to safe blood products for all populations; and
mobilize support at national, regional and global levels among governments and development partners to invest in, strengthen and sustain national blood programmes.
KEY MESSAGES
The need for blood is universal; access to blood, no. Blood shortages are most pressing in low- and middle-income countries.
Regular blood donations are needed around the world to ensure that safe, quality-assured blood and blood products are available to individuals and communities.
Every blood or plasma donation is a precious gift that saves lives; regular donation is the key to having a safe and sustainable supply.
Broad population participation in regular blood and plasma donations ensures that blood and plasma proteins are available to everyone when they need them.
Blood and plasma donors collectively provide valuable protection for patients and communities.
Ensuring the safety and well-being of blood and plasma donors is essential; makes it easier for them to commit to making regular donations.
A special thanks to blood and plasma donors on behalf of people in need of lifelong transfusions or plasma protein treatments. We live because you give. Thank you so much!
Donate blood, donate plasma, share life, share it frequently.
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