World Science Day For Peace and Development observed on November 10
Highlights:
- Every year on November 10th, World Science Day for Peace and Development is commemorated.
- This day is commemorated to emphasize the importance of science in society and the necessity to involve the general people in discussions about rising scientific challenges.
- World Science Day for Peace and Development will be held for the 20th time in 2021
- This year's commemoration will emphasize the need for "Building Climate-Ready Communities," as climate change has become a severe danger to the lives of billions of people and the planet.
- The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared World Science Day in 2001, and it was honored for the first time in 2002.
- Audrey Azoulay is the Director-General of UNESCO.
- UNESCO was founded on November 4, 1946, and is headquartered in Paris, France.
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