International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – 21st March 2012

The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on 21 March. On that day, in 1960, police opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, against the apartheid pass laws. Proclaiming the day in 1966, the United Nations General Assembly called on the international community to redouble its efforts to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination. It

Football goals and education goals – EFA and MDGs

UNESCO has the mandate to coordinate support for achieving Education for All ‘goals’ by 2015 – take a look… What do football and education have in common? Success in both is measured in goals. To mark the occasion of the first World Cup to take place in Africa, as well as the priority that Africa