World Schizophrenia Day - 24 May

The 24th of May is celebrated the world over as World Schizophrenia Day. The day was created to raise awareness about the disease, enabling those suffering to get immediate help, and to increase support for all those affected by the disease.


About Schizophrenia

http://www.who.int/mental_health/management/schizophrenia/en/

http://www.world-schizophrenia.org/disorders/schizophrenia.html

World Turtle Day - 23 May

The purpose of World Turtle Day, May 23, sponsored yearly since 2000 by American Tortoise Rescue, is to bring attention to, and increase knowledge of and respect for, turtles and tortoises, and encourage human action to help them survive and thrive

Founded in 1990, American Tortoise Rescue is the founding sponsor of World Turtle Day. American Tortoise Rescue (ATR) is certified by state and federal agencies as a nonprofit 501(c)(3)corporation to provide for the protection of all species of tortoise and turtle.

Featured in Chase’s Book of Annual Events, the day was created as an annual observance to help people celebrate and protect turtles and tortoises and their disappearing habitats around the world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Turtle_Day

http://www.tortoise.com/id49.html

http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112855300/world-tortoise-day-052313/

http://asiancorrespondent.com/108080/how-to-celebrate-world-turtle-day-down-under/

International Day for Biological Diversity - 22 May

About the Day

The United Nations has proclaimed May 22 The International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues. When first created by the Second Committee of the UN General Assembly in late 1993, 29 December (the date of entry into force of the Convention of Biological Diversity), was designated The International Day for Biological Diversity. In December 2000, the UN General Assembly adopted 22 May as IDB, to commemorate the adoption of the text of the Convention on 22 May 1992 by the Nairobi Final Act of the Conference for the Adoption of the Agreed Text of the Convention on Biological Diversity. This was partly done because it was difficult for many countries to plan and carry out suitable celebrations for the date of 29 December, given the number of holidays that coincide around that time of year.

http://www.cbd.int/idb/



2013

Message of the Secretary General
http://www.cbd.int/idb/doc/2013/messages/idb-2013-unsg-message-en.pdf



Themes

2013 - Water and Biodiversity
2012 - Marine Biodiversity
2011 - Forest Biodiversity
2010 - Biodiversity, Development and Poverty Alleviation
2009 - Invasive Alien Species
2008 - Biodiversity and Agriculture
2007 - Biodiversity and Climate Change
2006 - Protect Biodiversity in Drylands
2005 - Biodiversity: Life Insurance for our Changing World
2004 - Biodiversity: Food, Water and Health for All
2003 - Biodiversity and poverty alleviation - challenges for sustainable development
2002 - Dedicated to forest biodiversity

Countries - Overviews - Index

Country Overviews - Index Page
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    Albania ,    Algeria , Andorra ,   Angola , Antigua and Barbuda ,  Armenia ,
Australia ,     Afghanistan,   Argentina,  Austria , Azerbaijan ,


 Bahamas , Bahrain, Bangladesh ,  Barbados ,  Belarus ,  Belgium,  Belize , Benin , Bhutan ,   Bolivia ,
  Bosnia and Herzegovina , Botswana ,
Brazil,  Brunei Darussalam , Bulgaria , Burkina Faso , Burundi ,

Cambodia , Cameroon, Canada , Cape verde , Central African Republic , Chad , Chile ,
 China ,  Colombia ,Comoros , Congo , Costa Rica , Cote D'ivoire , Croatia , Cuba , Cyprus ,
Czech Republic

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) ,  Democratic People's Republic of the Congo,    Denmark  ,  Djibouti , Dominica, Dominican Republic

  Equador , Egypt , El Salvador , Equatorial Guinea ,   Eritrea , Estonia , Ethiopia

  Fiji ,  Finland  ,  France,

  Gabon ,  Gambia ,  Georgia ,   Germany,  Ghana ,   Greece ,  Grenada , Guatemala , Guinea , Guinea Bissau , Guyana,

  Haiti , Honduras , Hungary ,

  Iceland ,  Iran , Irag , Ireland , Italy
India

Indonesia, Israel ,

Jamaica ,  Japan,  Jordan

  Kazakhstan ,  Kenya ,  Kiribati ,  Kuwait , Kyrgyzstan

  Laos ,  Latvia , Lebanon , Lesotho , Liberia ,   Libya  , Liechtenstein , Lithuania ,  Luxembourg ,

  Madagascar , Malawi ,  Malaysia ,

  Maldives ,  Mali , Malta , Marshall Islands ,  Mauritania ,   Mauritius , Mexico , Micronesia (Federates States)
  Monaco  , Mongolia , Montenegro , Morocco , Mozambique , Mynmar ,

 Namibia , Nauru , Nepal , Netherlands, New Zealand , Nicaragua , Niger ,   Nigeria ,  Norway ,
  Oman ,

  Pakistan , Palau , Panama , Papua New Guinea ,    Paraguay ,    Peru ,

Philippines, Poland ,  Portugal ,
  Qatar ,
  Republic of Korea , Republic of Moldova ,   Romania ,
Russia ,  Rwanda ,

  Saint Kitts and Nevis , Saint Lucia , Saint Vincent and Grenadines , Samoa, San Marino , Sao Tome and Principe , Saudi Arabia , Senegal , Serbia , Seychelles, Sierra Leone,   Singapore , Slovekia , Slovenia ,
   Soloman Islands, Somalia ,   South Africa , South Korea, South Sudan ,  Spain , Sri Lanka ,  Sweden ,  Syria ,

Tajikistan ,  Thailand , The  Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , Timor-Leste , Togo, Tonga ,
Trinidad and Tobago , Tunisia ,   Turkey , Turkmenistan , Tuvalu


Uganda , Ukraine ,  UAE ,  UK ,  United Republic of Tanzania ,   USA ,  Uruguay, Uzbekistan

 Vanuatu ,   Venezuela,  Vietnam ,
Yemen ,

 Zambia ,  Zimbabwe

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Countries of the World

World Bank Briefs - Profiles on Countries
Countries of the World - Part 1 - Afganistan to Luxembourg
Countries of the World - Part 2 - Macau to Zimbabwe
Member of the United Nations
Growth of Membership of UN - 193 members 2011 - http://www.un.org/en/members/growth.shtml

Cameroon - Country Profile

Republic of Cameroon

Capital: Yaounde

Other Cities/Towns: Douala, Bafoussam

Population: 16,380,005

Languages: French and English

Currency: CFA Franc

Date of Independence; 1 January 1960

World Blood Donor Day - 14 June

World Blood Donor Day, celebrated on 14 June every year, serves to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank voluntary unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood.

2013

The slogan "Give the gift of life: donate blood"

This year’s campaign is the 10th anniversary of World Blood Donor Day. It will focus on the value of donated blood to the patient, not only in saving life, but also in helping people live longer and more productive lives.

http://www.who.int/campaigns/world-blood-donor-day/2013/en/