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June 26th is the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2019. On June 26th, 1988, the United Nations Day for the Fight Against Drug Addiction was celebrated for the first time. The date was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1987.

Turkey will donate $10 million to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), the country's UN envoy said on June 25.

Bulgaria will continue to be part of the United Nations' efforts to foster international solidarity for achieving a sustainable global approach and prevention aimed at human rights protection, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said in his address to the UN Human Rights Council, the presidential press office said.

President Rumen Radev is in Geneva to participate in the 41st Session of the UN Human Rights Council. ,,The protection of human rights is not achievable without lasting peace and sustainable development'', the Bulgarian head of state said in his speech.

President Rumen Radev goes to Geneva to participate in the 41st Session of the UN Human Rights Council. Bulgaria is a member for the first time since the establishment of the intergovernmental body.

The latest additions to the Russian lands in the Arctic Ocean have been noticed on the latest satellite images on the northern sea borders of the country.

Agriculture Minister Petre Daea participated on Friday, 21 June, in the 3rd the African Union (AU) - European Union (EU) Agriculture Ministerial Conference, at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, according to a release of the Agriculture Ministry.

President Klaus Iohannis participated on Thursday and Friday in the meeting of the European Council in Brussels, context in which he presented the results of the Romanian Presidency at the EU Council and reconfirmed Romania's firm support for the Eastern Partnership.

On 24 and 25 June, President Rumen Radev will visit the Swiss Confederation for the 41st Session of the UN Human Rights Council.

UN tribunal chief Carmel Agius told a conference entitled 'Stop Genocide and Holocaust Denial' in Sarajevo on Thursday that denial of genocide is unacceptable and those who do it should be prosecuted.

"We must always respond by strongly condemning those who deny it," Agius said.

"It is time to start a big cultural attack. People who deny genocide must be uncovered," he added.