June 19, or Sexual Violence, Vampire Solidarity and Emancipation Day
Zodiac Sign Gemini
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Gemini, June 19. Born on this day with equal success embody all the best and worst that is in a person.
They are rarely visited by apathy, and the actions and deeds they perform, invariably cause a strong reaction from others. Even the mere physical presence of these people can cause a frightening effect and, accordingly, antagonism.
However, their tenacity and determination are always admirable.
Women born on this day, as a rule, are very convincing and purposeful, they know perfectly well what they want - both in their careers, and in self-education, and in matters of establishing a family and establishing financial stability.
Men, on the other hand, are most often balanced types, firmly standing on the ground, regardless of what fate has in store for them. Be that as it may, it is difficult for them to refuse perseverance.
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Gemini men born on June 19:
- have the following traits:
- funny,
- unpredictable,
- witty,
- sensual.
- To conquer such a man, you need to give up hackneyed phrases, show your intelligence and out-of-the-box thinking.
- Gemini men value in women, first of all, brains and a sense of humor.
Gemini women born on June 19:
- are characterized by the following properties:
- funny,
- logical,
- erudite.
- Games are Gemini's favorite pastime.
- They adore experimentation and risk falling madly in love with someone who can seriously surprise and conquer - not by impudence and primitive courtship, but by graceful and non-standard moves.
International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
The problem of sexual violence, where the victims of the least protected categories of people: women and girls, remains acute and currently.
June 19 "Sexual violence poses a threat to the right of every person to a decent life and to the peace and security of all mankind ... Therefore, in memory of all the victims on this day, we will reaffirm our commitment to the suppression of sexual violence in conflict and peace and justice for all ", - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
June 19 marks as International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. This date was established by the UN General Assembly Resolution A / RES / 69/293 of June 19, 2015, with the aim of drawing additional attention to the problem of sexual violence in the context of various conflicts: both international and domestic (civil wars), irrespective of what kind of character they are: political, religious, national.
The date was chosen in honor of the adoption on June 19, 2008 of Security Council resolution 1820 (2008), in which the Council condemned sexual violence as a tactic of warfare and an obstacle to peacebuilding.
The task of international organizations, as well as of the UN member states, is to render every assistance to the prevention of such conflicts, and in case of their occurrence, to their soonest localization and cessation. In addition to the tasks to end the conflict, a lot of related problems are being solved. Unfortunately, one of such problems continues to remain even in the 21st century, the problem of sexual violence, where the victims are the least protected categories of people: women and girls.
The term "sexual violence in conflict" covers rape, sexual slavery, forced prostitution, forced pregnancy, forced abortion, forced sterilization, forced marriages and any other comparable forms of sexual violence against women, men, girls or boys with direct or indirect (temporary, spatial or causal) attitude to the conflict.
It is not a secret for anyone that one of the areas of international law for the protection of human rights is International Humanitarian Law. This is a special branch in this system, which is a set of legal norms regulating, to be more precise, protecting human rights during wars, military actions and conflicts. It also regulates the basic principles and methods of conducting military operations through the introduction of the concept of the status of a party to the conflict and the consolidation of its legal status, the ban on the use of certain types of weapons, etc.
The history of International Humanitarian Law dates back to the antiquity, when the rulers of individual states tried to make a semblance of rules of warfare. However, the international nature of these aspirations to resolve the ways, methods of conducting military operations, regulating the use of certain types of weapons, determining the status of the parties to the conflict intensified in the 19th century. The most vivid confirmation of this was the signing of the Geneva and Hague, as well as the St. Petersburg conventions.
However, the signing of the conventions did not mean that adherence to the principles approved by these international documents would become an iron rule for any state that unleashed and was involved in the conflict. The 20th century was the brightest evidence of this. The First and Second World Wars have shown to the whole world examples of not only isolated cases of human rights violations, but have created unprecedented facts of massive human rights violations.
The scale of genocide, atrocities and violence against the peaceful population of the conquered countries, as well as in territories temporarily under the occupation of German troops and their allied forces, conducted by the political and military leadership of fascist Germany, forced humanity back in the late 1940s International humanitarian law. In 1949, the Geneva Conventions on the protection of war victims were signed.
The Hague, Geneva Conventions, the Additional Protocols of 1977, as well as the UN Resolutions are aimed at protecting the human rights of people in war or in the war zone.
The UN pays special attention to the problem of sexual violence during wars. Despite the signing of international documents prohibiting all kinds of violence against a person, including a sexual one, so far in some countries, as well as practically in the zone of any military conflict, cases of violence against women and girls are a sad fact. Moreover, in a number of countries, the practice of sexual violence is used as a tactic of intimidation during the conduct of war. Terrorist organizations that have intensified in the Middle East also widely use the practice of sexual violence, abuse and sexual slavery.
On June 19, the UN annually appeals to the leaders of states, countries involved in military actions, to the world community with a call to wage an uncompromising struggle against sexual violence, to direct all forces to prevent its manifestation. The role of humanitarian organizations, doctors, lawyers, peacekeepers in suppressing the practice of sexual violence in the war, as well as assistance to victims of violence in the conflict zone is underlined.
The initiative "UN Actions to Combat Sexual Violence in Conflict", established in 2007, involves 13 units of the United Nations system. It supports the development of training, reference and advocacy materials for the technical strengthening of UN entities operating in different countries, so that they take coordinated and comprehensive measures to combat sexual violence in conflict.
The problem is further aggravated by the fact that the UN has to consider appeals where the servicemen of the peacekeeping forces who discredit the status of a peacekeeper and who generate by their conduct and criminal acts the distrust of the peaceful population to the forces that by definition are called to stand for the protection of human rights are involved as the accused in the facts of sexual violence.
Europe celebrates the International Day of Vampire Solidarity, or Dracula’s Commemoration Day.
True, the reason for the holiday is not optimistic at all. June 19, 1476 in the battle with the Turks, Vlad Tepes, nicknamed Dracula died. He was not even a vampire at all, but simply reigned so cruelly that the vampires would turn gray. Therefore, folks rumors ranked a cruel ruler to the bloodsucking genus.
Every year on June 19 in many states of the United States celebrates the Day of Emancipation or Freedom Day.
In fact, the International Women's Emancipation Day is celebrated on May 30th. Presumably, the basis of the holiday was a historic event - on this day in 1431, Jeanne d'Arc was executed - a girl who surpassed many representatives of the stronger sex in traditional "male" activities, war and diplomacy. In addition, on May 30, 1932, the law “On the Legal Status of Women Officials” was passed in Germany.
However, in Texas - one of the largest US states - they decided, as usual, to go "their own way" and established their own Emancipation Day, which they began to celebrate on June 19 The historical prerequisite for establishing the Day of Emancipation was the liberation of the African-American population of Texas from slavery in 1862.
International Day of Vampire Solidarity, or Dracula’s Commemoration Day
True, the reason for the holiday is not optimistic at all. June 19, 1476 in the battle with the Turks, Vlad Tepes, nicknamed Dracula died. He was not even a vampire at all, but simply reigned so cruelly that the vampires would turn gray. Therefore, folks rumors ranked a cruel ruler to the bloodsucking genus.
Day of Emancipation or Freedom Day
In fact, the International Women's Emancipation Day is celebrated on May 30th. Presumably, the basis of the holiday was a historic event - on this day in 1431, Jeanne d'Arc was executed - a girl who surpassed many representatives of the stronger sex in traditional "male" activities, war and diplomacy. In addition, on May 30, 1932, the law “On the Legal Status of Women Officials” was passed in Germany.
However, in Texas - one of the largest US states - they decided, as usual, to go "their own way" and established their own Emancipation Day, which they began to celebrate on June 19 The historical prerequisite for establishing the Day of Emancipation was the liberation of the African-American population of Texas from slavery in 1862.
Currently, 41 US states are celebrating June 19, either as a state or as a national holiday.
Also on June 19...
240 BC - Greek scientist Eratosthenes Kirensky for the first time in the world calculated the radius of the Earth.
1623 - Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, writer and philosopher, was born. A classic of French literature, one of the founders of mathematical analysis, probability theory and projective geometry, the creator of the first samples of counting technology, the author of the basic law of hydrostatics.
1917 - During the First World War, the king of Great Britain George V issued a decree removing all German titles from the names of members of the royal family. The royal dynasty, formerly called Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, became Windsor.
1846 - The first ever baseball game in history was held in New Jersey (USA).
1862 - President Abraham Lincoln passed a law abolishing slavery throughout the United States.
1920 - Yves Robert was born, French film director (“Tall blond in a black shoe”, “Return of the tall blond”).
1949 - Maracon crime. The murder of two girls, Maria Theresa Beauvais and Helen Monnar. This crime was one of the most shocking and resonant in the history of Switzerland.
1954 - Kathleen Turner was born, American film actress (“The Romance with the Stone”, “The Pearl of the Nile”, “The Heat of the Body”, “The War in the Rose Family”).
1972 - Jean Dujardin was born, a French comedian and actor who gained fame for his roles in the films “Agent 117”, “99 francs”. Winner of the ''Oscar'', ''Golden Globe'', ''BAFTA'' and ''Independent Spirit'' awards for the role of George Valentine in the comedy ''The Actor''.
1974 - Canadian engineer Don Bateman filed an application for a patent on the Near Earth Warning System (GPWS), which subsequently saved thousands of lives.
1999 - the first version (1.0 Beta) of the most popular online shooter Counter-Strike was released.
2002 - American traveler Steve Fossett began the world's first single non-stop round-the-world balloon trip. It began on June 19 and ended on July 4.
2003 - the first in the world flashmob was held in New York in the ''Maceis'' department store. About two hundred people strangers to each other went to one of the city supermarkets located in Manhattan and asked to sell them a “love mat for a suburban commune”, or a “love carpet for a suburban commune”, worth 10 thousand dollars.
2016 - Anton Yelchin (b. 1989), American film actor ("Star Track", "Terminator Salvation") died.
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