And it's the Bicentenary of Charles Darwin.

In 1939 his portrait appeared on a series of postage stamps commemorating the bicentenary of the founding of the Swedish Academy of Sciences.

For the Haitian people, last year was supposed to be a year of celebration marking the bicentenary of its victory over slavery and colonization.

Lastly, regarding the implementation of conventions and the conclusions of conferences concerning the fight against racial discrimination, he recalled that the abolition of slavery had been celebrated in 2000, and the bicentenary of the independence of Haiti had been commemorated in 2004.

In the context of the global struggle against racial discrimination, the speaker paid tribute to the bicentenary of the independence of Haiti, which had been achieved following a lengthy struggle by its people to overthrow slavery and oppression and inaugurate an era of freedom.