Bonn,
26 October 2010 - The AEWA Secretariat joined 17 UN
Bonn-based agencies and several other international organisations
in celebrating the annual UN Day in Bonn this weekend.

UN Day is celebrated globally to highlight
the aims and achievements of the United Nations. The day
marks the anniversary
of the signing of the UN Charter on 24 October 1945 and
has been observed annually in Bonn since the city became
a host city to several United Nations organizations in
1996.

This year’s UN Day focussed on the eight UN Millennium
Development Goals, which include stopping extreme poverty
and hunger and ensuring environmental sustainability.

Thousands of people attended this year’s
festivities in the city centre of Bonn, which took place

on Bonn's “Münsterplatz”. Accompanied
by a colourful variety of entertainment, including music
and
dance performances from around the world, visitors got
the chance to find out more about the different activities
and
goals of the various UN Bonn organizations and received
give-aways, such as posters, stickers and other information

material. Among the more prominent visitors to the AEWA
stand at this year’s UN Day was also the Lord Mayor
of Bonn, Mr.
Jürgen Nimptsch.

The AEWA Secretariat shared an exhibition
tent with the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS),
its other Bonn-based Agreements and several other UN Bonn
organizations, programmes
and offices, for instance, with the United Nations Convention
to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
and UNEP’s office
for The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)
study.