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Important Days April 2015
April 2 2015
Remembered Day: World Autism Awareness Day
Purpose: To raise awareness of autism on all levels in the
society and to make
all the UN organizations, member states, NGOs and all private
and public
organizations participate in WAAD.
Theme: Employment: The Autism Advantage
April 4 2015
Remembered Day: International Day for Mine Awareness and
Assistance in
Mine Action
Theme: More tha Mies Purpose: UN is working towards raising
awareness about landmines and other
threats and progressing towards their eradication.
April 6 2015
Remembered Day: 2nd International Day of Sport for Development
and Peace
Purpose: To recognizes the power of sport in promoting peace and
erasing
cultural barriers worldwide.
April 7 2015
Remembered Day: International Day of Reflection on the Genocide
in Rwanda
Purpose: UN made an awareness raising appeal to help avert acts
of genocide in
future. The International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in
Rwanda has been
commemorated every year since 2004 to avoid the mistakes of the
past.
Remembered Day: World Health Day
Theme: Food safety - the global view
Purpose: To mark the anniversary of the founding of WHO in 1948
& focus on
increasing the life expectancy by adding good health to the
lives of people and
promoting healthier living habits.
April 11 2015
Remembered Day: National Safe Motherhood Day 2015
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Theme: Nothig Aout Us Without Us Citizens participation and
egageet for iproig oes ad hildres health. Purpose: To create
awareness on proper healthcare and maternity facilities to
pregnant and lactating women.
April 12 2015
Remembered Day: International Day of Human Space Flight
Purpose: The day remembers the first human space flight on April
12, 1961.
April 14 2015
Remembered Day: Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar - 124th Birth
Anniversary
Google came up with a doodle to mark the Birth Anniversary of
Dr. Ambedkar.
The doodle which featured a picture of Babasaheb.
April 17 2015
Remembered Day: World Hemophilia Day
Theme: Building a family of support
Purpose: Awareness about Hemophilia and other Bleeding disorders
in
stressed.
April 18 2015
Remembered Day: World Heritage Day
Purpose: Aim to create awareness among the people to conserve
and protect
the valuable assets and cultural heritage across the world.
April 21 2015
Remembered Day: Ninth National Civil Services Day
Purpose: The day is observed by all Civil Services to
re-dedicate and re-commit
themselves to the cause of the people.
April 22 2015
Remembered Day: International Mother Earth Day
Theme: Its our tur to lead Purpose: Day promotes a view of the
Earth as the entity that sustains all living
things found in nature
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April 23 2015
Remembered Day: World Book and Copyright Day
World Book Capital 2015: Incheon, Republic of Korea
Purpose: Day was mainly chosen on basis that notable authors
like
Cervantes,Shakesphere, Garcilasco, who passed away on this
day.
Remembered Day: English Language Day
Purpose: Aims to entertain and inform people about the history,
culture and
achievements associated with the language.
April 24 2015
Remembered Day: National Panchayati Day
Purpose: The day marks the passing of Constitution[73rd
Amendment]Act 1992
, that came into force from 24th of April 1993.
April 25 2015
Remembered Day: World Malaria Day
Theme: invest in future and defeat malaria
Purpose: To recognise the global efforts to control malaria. It
is an occasion to
highlight the need for continued investment and sustained
political
commitment for malaria control and elimination.
April 26 2015
Remembered Day: World Intellectual Property Day (World IP
Day)
Purpose: Aims to irease peoples aareess ad uderstadig of
itelletual property (IP).
April 28 2015
Remembered Day: World Day for Safety and Health at Work
Theme: Joi i uildig a ulture of preetio o Oupatioal afety ad
Health Purpose: Aims to promote rights at work, encourage decent
employment
opportunities, boost social protection, and strengthen dialogue
in work-related
issues.
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April 29 2015
Remembered Day: Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical
Warfare
Purpose: Day gives chance for all the people to remember and
show their
gratitude to the victims of chemical warfare.
Remembered Day: World Dance Day
Purpose: Aim to attract the attention of the wider public to the
art of dance.
April 30 2015
Remembered Day: International Jazz Day
Purpose: Day is to promote peace,dialogue among various
cultures,diversity,eradicating discrimination,respect of human
dignity,
promotion gender equality and individual expression.
April 24 - 30 2015
Remembered Week: World Immunization Week [WHO]
April 14 - 20 2015
Remembered Week: Fire Prevention Week
April 14 - 20 2015
Remembered Week: Prevention of Blindness Week
