International Year of Rice
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The year 2004 was declared the International Year of Rice by the United Nations, noting that rice is a staple food for more than half the world's population, and affirming the need to heighten awareness of the role of rice in alleviating poverty and malnutrition.[1]
This is one of many International observances declared for specific days, months and years. The year 2008 was declared the International Year of the Potato.
References
- ^ United Nations General Assembly Session 57 Resolution 162. International Year of Rice, 2004 A/RES/57/162 page 1. 16 December 2002. Retrieved 18 November 2007.
External links
- International Year of Rice website
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International years proclaimed by the United Nations
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- Health and Medical Research (1961)
- Co-operation (1965)
- Rice (FAO) (1966)
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- Human Rights (1968)
- Education (1970)
- Action to Combat Racism and Racial Prejudice (1971)
- Book (UNESCO) (1972)
- World Population (1974)
- Women (1975)
- Anti-Apartheid (1978-1979)
- The Child (1979)
- Disabled Persons (1981)
- Mobilization for Sanctions Against South Africa (1982)
- World Communications (1983)
- Youth (1985)
- United Nations (1985)
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- Shelter for the Homeless (1987)
- Literacy (1990)
- Space (1992)
- World's Indigenous People (1993)
- Sport and the Olympic Ideal (1994)
- Family (1994)
- Peoples’ Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War (1995)
- Tolerance (1995)
- Eradication of Poverty (1996)
- Ocean (1998)
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- Culture of Peace (2000)
- Thanksgiving (2000)
- Mobilization against Racism (2001)
- Volunteers (2001)
- Dialogue among Civilizations (2001)
- Ecotourism (2002)
- Mountains (2002)
- Cultural Heritage (2002)
- Freshwater (2003)
- Kyrgyz Statehood (2003)
- Rice (2004)
- Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (2004)
- Physics (2005)
- Sport and Physical Education (2005)
- Microcredit (2005)
- Deserts and Desertification (2006)
- Dolphin (UNEP) (2007–2008)
- Polar (2007–2008)
- The Potato (2008)
- Sanitation (2008)
- Languages (2008)
- Planet Earth (2008)
- Gorilla (2009)
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- Human Rights Learning (2009)
- Natural Fibres (2009)
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- People of African Descent (2011)
- Sustainable Energy for All (2012)
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- Family Farming (2014)
- Crystallography (2014)
- Small Island Developing States (2014)
- Solidarity with the Palestinian People (2014)
- Soil (2015)
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- Sustainable Tourism for Development (2017)
- Periodic Table of Chemical Elements (2019)
- Moderation (2019)
- Indigenous Languages (2019)
- Nurse and the Midwife (2020)
- Plant Health (2020)
- Elimination of Child Labour (2021)
- Fruits and Vegetables (2021)
- Creative Economy for Sustainable Development (2021)
- Peace and Trust (2021)
- Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (2022)
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- Sustainable and Resilient Tourism (2027)