These are often associated with commemorative events, such as National Clean up Day, Earth Day and or National Environment Day.

First day of issue New United Nations commemorative stamps on the theme Food for Life

The Authority celebrated this event on 25 and 26 May by holding a two day commemorative session.

The commemorative session

The Russian Federation is organizing a commemorative exhibition.

The proceedings of the commemorative session have now been published.7

Other bodies have committed to participating in commemorative events at the highest level possible.

The United Kingdom has linked its commemorative activities to specific development and peace themes.

2.5 Some of those who witnessed the commemorative march filed a complaint with the police.

The offices also promote commemorative activities for the International Year of Sport and Physical Education.

(c) Awareness raising activities (production of materials, commemorative coins and stamps, organization of campaigns and competitions).

A commemorative stone was unveiled by his two grandsons at a parade in Rushden, Northamptonshire, on Saturday.

Noting with appreciation the special commemorative event held at The Hague in April 2006 to celebrate the anniversary,

The General Assembly approved the recommendation contained in paragraph 44 of the report, regarding observances and commemorative meetings.

Initiatives by Member States include public awareness activities, commemorative stamps and websites to widen dialogue and implementation of projects.

After the ceremony, all activity participants visited Shandong Yuanshan Hard Work Commemorative Museum and watched the construction of barrier free facilities.

Declaration of the commemorative high level plenary meeting devoted to the follow up to the outcome of the special session on children

Victory was achieved through the efforts of the peoples of many countries, and today this commemorative day is broadly observed by all peoples who have lived through the hell of war and who have suffered the most horrid ordeals and deprivations caused military frenzy.

Ukraine will also initiate a special commemorative meeting of the General Assembly on the twentieth anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe in April 2006.

62 88. Declaration of the commemorative high level plenary meeting devoted to the follow up to the outcome of the special session on children

Activities carried out to commemorate Ozone Day included media broadcasts of high level officials, press releases, news articles, rallies, information seminars and round tables, technical training workshops, competitions involving ozone knowledge, posters, poems, ozone songs, dramas, public exhibitions and even the launching of websites and commemorative postage stamps.

I call upon all representatives in this Hall to dedicate themselves to accomplishing this unfinished mission by the close of this commemorative session of the General Assembly.

United Nations bodies have signalled their commitment to helping the three Governments gain as high a profile as possible for the commemorative events scheduled to mark the anniversary.

3. Decides to convene, on 26 March 2007, a special commemorative meeting of the General Assembly on the two hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade

This will provide a rich data base for reporting to the commemorative plenary meeting on the special session on children to be held by the General Assembly in 2007.

15. Requests the President of the General Assembly to convene, in April 2006, a special commemorative meeting of the Assembly in observance of the twentieth anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe

Welcoming the holding of the commemorative high level plenary meeting devoted to the follow up to the outcome of the special session on children on 11 and 12 December 2007,

Requests the President of the General Assembly to convene, in April 2006, a special commemorative meeting of the General Assembly in observance of the twentieth anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe

To set up the national Memorial Day for them and organize various forms of commemorative activities is to pay homage to them in the name of the country, deeply remember their great achievements and learn to pass on their precious spirit of loving the motherland, being loyal to the people, selfless dedication and daring to sacrifice.

In keeping with the new developmental approach to Chernobyl, it is important that commemorative events are forward looking and focus on identifying solutions to the challenges that Chernobyl affected communities face.

She briefed the Committee on the commemorative event of 13 October 2004 to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention, for which Ms. Acar had been the moderator.

5. Requests the President of the General Assembly to convene, in December 2006, a special commemorative meeting of the Assembly devoted to the sixtieth anniversary of the operations of the United Nations Children's Fund.

Members will further recall that, in its resolution 58 282 of 9 February 2004, the Assembly decided to convene a commemorative plenary meeting in 2007, on a date to be decided at the sixtieth session.

When the year started, the centennial of the Great War s outbreak attracted much commemorative energy. But, as it progressed, disturbing parallels appeared not to 1914, but to some of the nastier features of the interwar years.

d. Organization of special events and the promotion of observances of selected commemorative days and years in partnership with United Nations departments, agencies and programmes, Governments and civil society, including private sector groups, and the media

5. As we welcome the voices and the views of children, including adolescents, heard at the commemorative plenary meeting, we strive to strengthen their participation in the decisions that affect them, in accordance with their age and maturity.

The President recalled that in accordance with resolution 58 282 of 9 February 2004, the Assembly decided to convene a commemorative plenary meeting in 2007, on a date to be decided by the Assembly at the sixtieth session.

At its thirty first session (New York, 1 12 June 1998), the Commission, with reference to discussions at the special commemorative New York Convention Day held in June 1998 to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (New York, 1958) ( the New York Convention ), considered that it would be useful to engage in a discussion of possible future work in the area of arbitration.

(e) To pay particular attention to the protection of and the rights of children living in poverty at the commemorative plenary meeting to be held in 2007 devoted to the follow up to the outcome of the twenty seventh special session of the General Assembly

The commemorative events are meant to be complementary, so the Belarus conference will focus on the rehabilitation and socio economic development of Chernobyl affected territories, while the Ukraine conference will cover the issues of decommissioning the Chernobyl nuclear plant and the safety of the sarcophagus.

Given the significance of the date, it would be appropriate for the President of the General Assembly to convene a special commemorative meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in the last 10 days of April 2006 in order properly to observe the twentieth anniversary of Chernobyl.

A special commemorative sitting was held by the Assembly during its tenth session to honour the memory of Mr. Helmut Beiersdorf, former Director General of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources in Hanover, Germany and a member of the Legal and Technical Commission since 1998.

Day one, day two, day three, day four, day five, day six.

Considering past practice, the General Committee may wish to recommend to the General Assembly that it adopt a format for commemorative meetings that includes statements by the President of the General Assembly, the Secretary General, the chairmen of the five regional groups and the representative of the host country.

Noting the twenty fifth anniversary of the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions, which was observed in June 2002, as well as the commemorative events, organized in particular by Switzerland and the International Committee of the Red Cross, recalling the important achievement of enhancing the protection of civilians in armed conflicts,