In the context of the 17th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, UNESCO will organize a special session on the organization of the 2019 Year of Indigenous Languages.

AIT Extension of Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand is organizing from 9th to 20th July, 2018 the 9th Edition of the 2 Week, Fully Residential Professional Development Programme on "COMMUNITY BASED FINANCIAL INCLUSION AND MICROFINANCE”

G7 foreign ministers gathered in Toronto on April 22 and 23, 2018, to exchange views and coordinate action with respect to building a more peaceful and secure world. Bound together by respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms, democracy and the rule of law, they discussed four broad themes: (1) a rules-based international order, (2) non-proliferation and disarmament, (3) transnational threats

Promoting and defending human rights and fundamental freedoms are central to who we are as a country. The 2017 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices document the status of human rights and worker rights in nearly 200 countries and territories. Read the remarks of Acting Secretary Sullivan.