2019
United Nations International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements
This year has been proclaimed by the the United Nations General Assembly during its 74th Plenary Meeting in 1917 and adopted by the UNESCO General Conference at its 39th Session during the same year.
The 2019 coincides with the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements by the Russian scientist, Dmitri Mendeleev. - Website
2019
International Year of Indigenous Languages
Languages play a crucial role in the daily lives of people around the globe as a tool for communication, education, social integration and development. They are a source for peoples' identity, cultural history, traditions and memory. Unhappily, languages around the world continue to disappear. The Year of Indigenous Languages (IY2019) aims to raise awareness about them for the benefits of the people who speak these languages and for the important contribution, they make to our world's rich cultural diversity. Website