World Science Day for Peace and Development (10 November)

Electric cars line up at the official start of the Zero Emissions Race outside the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), Switzerland. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

Proclaimed by the UNESCO General Conference (Resolution 31C/ 20) in 2001, the World Science Day for Peace and Development is an annual event celebrated all over the world to recall the commitment made at the UNESCO-ICSU World Conference on Science (Budapest 1999).

The purpose of World Science Day for Peace and Development is to renew the national, as well as the international commitment to science for peace and development and to stress the responsible use of science for the benefit of society. The World Science Day for Peace and Development also aims at raising public awareness of the importance of science and to bridge the gap between science and societies.

An Address delivered by the President of International Organisation of UN Volunteers (IOUNV): Meshiyach Yahzitere Okoh- on World Science Day for Peace and Development

Fellow United Nations Volunteers, today is World Science Day for peace and Development and we appreciate all efforts of past and present scientists that braved actions to give the earth a new breathe of industrial development.

History has proven time and again that the cherished people are those that have taken difficult decisions that would have otherwise been swept under the carpet for future generations to takle.

The science world has indeed placed humanity at the path of greatness and respectability with its numerous inventions that guarantee for phenomenal changes with evergreen and new prospects. It has created new opening for investments that enhanced economic and commercial inter-flow that make the earth a better place for all and sundry.

We are also aware of the position of the critics on the inventions of the scientists that gear towards mass destruction, technological inhumanity and scientific atrocities that brings discomfort to all beings. To this negative trends, we employ the stakeholders to walk by the rules of engagement as proffered by the United Nations (UN) so as to ease tension and crises that are inimical to human habitations.

Today, we wish all scientists and stake holders of this wonderful team a happy day and thereby looking forward on their improvements on positive areas of activities.