17APR2018 - Holiday Today - Iraq, Gabon

Iraq - FAO Day
April 17 is FAO Day in Iraq. This holiday honors the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. It's observed since 2003.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN is the leading agency, that deals with the problems of hunger and agricultural development. The idea of such organization emerged in the end of the 19th century. It was advanced by the US agriculturalist and activist David Lubin. In 1943 President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt called a United Nations Conference on Food and Agriculture. Its representatives formed a permanent organization for food and agriculture and adopted its constitution in 1946.

Bunker Price at Iraq Ports

Gabon - Women's Day
Gabon annually celebrates Women's Day on April 17. The holiday was created in 1998 to commemorate the entry of the first woman in the Gabonese Government.
Gabon is one of the most developed and politically stable countries in Africa, but the patriarchal traditions still influence the Gabonese society. Despite the fact that many women occupy senior positions, they are still discriminated in the areas of divorce, marriage and inheritance.

Bunker Price at Gabon Ports