Focusing on the development of best practices in preventing attacks on education.
Commemoration of the Fourth UN International Day to Protect Education from Attack held by the Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies on September 12th, 2023. On 11 September 2023, the Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nations in Geneva, Education Above All (EAA), and the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) co-organised the commemoration of the fourth UN International Day to Protect Education from Attack. The event was also co-sponsored by the Permanent Missions of Argentina, Nigeria, Norway, and Spain to the United Nations in Geneva, the Core Group on the Safe Schools Declaration, the Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies (EiE Hub), and Save the Children. A unanimous resolution of the UN General Assembly proclaimed 9 September the International Day to Protect Education from Attack , initially presented by the State of Qatar and co-sponsored by 62 Member States, and adopted on 28 May 2020 during its 74th session. This year’s co...