International Workers’ Day
The International Workers’ Day is celebrated on the 1st of May, to commemorate the workers movement and the workforce all around the world, as part of a claiming movement for different causes related to work labour. More than a hundred [...]
Initiatives for the maintenance of biodiversity and the protection of the environment
On the celebration of Earth Day, the Association of Women for World Peace gathered eight speakers to present initiatives for the maintenance of biodiversity and the protection of the environment. These speakers were: Ángeles Parra, José Luis Barceló, María Jesús [...]
International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day
An explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 spread a radioactive cloud over large parts of the Soviet Union, now the territories of Belarus, Ukraine and the Russian Federation. Nearly 8.4 million people in the three countries were [...]
International Day of Multilateralism and Dimplomacy for Peace
On the 24th of April, the International day of multilateralism and diplomacy for peace is celebrated. Preserving the values of multilateralism and international cooperation, which underpin the UN Charter and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, is fundamental to promote and support the [...]
Spain in the European Union: Beyond Foreign Policy
After the events organized by the Diplomatic School to introduce the Spanish foreign action framed within sustainable development and the new challenges and procedures of the foreign action, on this occasion, the discussion focused on foreign action within the European [...]
Ethics and Digital Revolution: Presentation of the 4th Monographic of Diecisiete magazine
Carlos Mataix, professor at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, introduced the presentation of the 4th monographic of Diecisiete magazine, from which he is the director. This issue of the magazine raises questions related to different areas related to ethics in [...]
Earth Hour
Earth Hour is celebrated each year on the last Saturday of March, and it consists of an electric voluntary downturn, in which people and enterprises are asked to turn off lights and electronic devices which are not essential during an hour, [...]
The centrality of cooperation for sustainable development in the Spanish Foreign Action strategy
The Diplomatic School presented the framed Foreign Action strategy 2021-2024 within cooperation to sustainable development. It was presented by the International Cooperation State Secretary, Ángeles Moreno Bau. Ana Belén Fernández, who is a deputy in the Congress for the Social Parliamentary [...]
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Every year, on the 25th of March, the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, gives the opportunity to honor and remember those who suffered and died at the hands of this brutal [...]
International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
Every year, on the 24th of March the International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims is celebrated. With this international day, we pay tribute to the memory of [...]
World Down Syndrome
Since 2011, every 21st of March, the World Down Syndrome Day has been commemorated. This date was chosen by the United Nations (UN) in December 2011 to remember the dignity of people with Down Syndrome. This genetic condition is suffered [...]
World Poetry Day
It is celebrated on the 21st of March. It was proclaimed World Poetry day by UNESCO during its 30th session, held in Paris in 1999. In accordance with UNESCO, the main objective of this day is to support linguistic diversity [...]
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is celebrated on March 21 of each year. On March 21 1960, the police opened fire and killed 69 people in a peaceful demonstration against the apartheid pass law in Sharpeville, [...]
International Day of Happiness
Happiness passes through solidarity On March 20, the International Day of Happiness is celebrated to recognize the relevance of happiness and well-being as universal aspirations of human beings and the importance of their inclusion in government policies. The resolution of [...]
Meeting between the President of Peace and Cooperation and the Nicaraguan Ambassador
On February 10, the president of the Peace and Cooperation Foundation, Rosa Olazábal, met with the Nicaraguan ambassador, Carlos Midence, at the diplomatic headquarters of the Caribbean country. In the meeting, Carlos Matilla, state attorney and Investment Advisor and [...]
International Women’s Day
On the International Women's day we celebrate all the accomplished achievements, demand more changes and celebrate the courage and determination of those women who have played a vital role in their countries histories and communities. The world has made unprecedented [...]
Getting to Zero: Can the U.S. and China Save the Planet? with Jeff Sachs and Ma Jun
The China Institute organised a conference with two of the best-known experts in energy and sustainable development. Ma Jun is the founder of the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE) in Pekin and Jeffrey Sachs is the Director of [...]
Zero Discrimination Day
On March 1, 2021, the Zero Discrimination day is celebrated, highlighting the urgent need to act to end inequalities in income, sex, age, health status, occupation, disability, sexual orientation, drug use, identity of gender, race, class, ethnicity and religion that [...]