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07.05.2012
Zijah Sokolović appointed UNDP Goodwill Ambassador for Nonviolence
Vukovar Day event aims to promote tolerance and nonviolence among young people
As part of the festivities organized to mark Vukovar Day, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Croatia appointed the renowned actor, director and playwright Zijah Sokolović as its Goodwill Ambassador for Tolerance and Nonviolence. Sokolović's play, "There's no excuse for violence," was performed as part of a program for young people designed to discourage all forms of violence. The program, organized jointly by UNDP, the Ministry of Interior (MUP) and the City of Vukovar, included workshops in schools with the Status M non-governmental organization and concluded with a concert featuring Matija Dedić, the Apokalipso band, and illusionist Luka Vidović. The Vukovar event kicks off a series of ten similar events to be held across Croatia between May and September 2012.
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NEW YORK, 17 May 2012
International day against homophobia and transphobia
May 17
Today is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO). It commemorates the World Health Organisation's decision in 1990 to remove homosexuality from the list of mental disorders. That was indeed a milestone, and since then there has been much progress. Last year, the Human Rights Council passed their first resolution ever on "Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity". An historic study documenting discriminatory laws and practices and acts of violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity was produced by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and debated by the Council.
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