INTERNATIONAL DECADES DESIGNATED BY THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

    2008-2017 - Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty

    2006-2016 - Decade of Recovery and Sustainable Development for Communities Affected by 1986 Chernobyl Disaster

    2005-2015 - International Decade for Action, "Water for Life"

    2005-2014 - Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People

    2005-2014 - United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

    2003-2013 - United Nations Literacy Decade

    2001-2010 - International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism

    2001-2010 - Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa

    2001-2010 - International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World

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