International Organizations, Defence, Books & Authors, World History

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The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations for coordinating economic, social and environmental issues, as well as for implementing internationally agreed development goals.

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The International Organization for Standardization is an international standard-setting body. It comprises of representatives from various national standards organizations. Its headquarters is located in Geneva.

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In 2011, the G20 Ministers of Agriculture while recognizing the importance of timely, accurate and transparent information in addressing food price volatility launched the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS), a collaborative food information initiative. AMIS builds on and complements existing systems and improves global food market information. AMIS is a platform through which countries, international organizations and the private sector can work together to strengthen synergies and collaboration in order to improve data reliability, timeliness and frequency. AMIS will also build developing countries’ capacity in market outlook analysis and promote policy dialogue.

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The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is headquartered in Vienna, Austria. UNIDO was established in 1966 by the UN General Assembly to help developing countries industrialize. UNIDO’s mission is to promote industrial development for poverty reduction, environmental sustainability, and inclusive globalization.
UNIDO has offices in Brussels, Geneva, and New York to maintain contact with member states and other UN organizations. UNIDO also has a network of 48 regional and country offices.

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In the United States, Patriot Day occurs on September 11 of each year, designated in memory of September 11, 2001, attacks.

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The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (Déclaration des droits de l’homme et du citoyen de 1789) was set by France’s National Constituent Assembly in 1789. It is a human civil rights document from the French Revolution. The document explains a list of rights, such as freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and separation of powers.

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During 11th century, a spiritual drama, Prabodha Chandrodaya (Rise of the moon of intellect) was written by Krishna Misra to  teach the Advaita doctrine to those who were interested in Kavya and not philosophy. He belong to the period of the Chandela ruler, Kirti Varman.

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The emperor of Vijayanagara Empire, Praudha Raya wrote the Ratiratnapradipika, a book on erotics.

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The Rivonia Trial led to the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela and the others among the accused who were convicted of sabotage and sentenced to life at the Palace of Justice, Pretoria.

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Das Kapital, a critique of political economy is a foundational theoretical text in materialist philosophy, economics and politics by Karl Marx . It was published in 1867.