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UN International Days and Weeks

 

January

 

  27

International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust

February

 

  21

International Mother Language Day

March

 

  8

International Women's Day and UN Day for Women's Rights and International Peace 

  21

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

  21 March - 28 March 

Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination

  22

World Water Day

  23

World Meteorological Day

April

 

  4

International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action

  7

World Health Day

  23

World Book and Copyright Day

May

 

  3

World Press Freedom Day

  15

International Day of Families

  17

World Information Society Day (formerly World Telecommunication Day)

  21

World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

  22

International Day for Biological Diversity (formerly December 29, changed in 2001)

 

  25 May - 1 June

Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories

  29

International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers

  31

World No-Tobacco Day

June

 

  5

World Environment Day

  17

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

  20

World Refugee Day

  23

United Nations Public Service Day

  26

International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking and
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

July

 

  1st Saturday

International Day of Cooperatives

  11

World Population Day

August

 

  9

International Day of the World's Indigenous People

  12

International Youth Day

  23

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

September

 

  8

International Literacy Day

  16

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

  21

International Day of Peace (formerly the opening day of the UN General Assembly, changed to a set date as of 2002)

  During last week

World Maritime Day

October

 

  1

International Day for the Older Person

  4 October - 10 October

World Space Week

  5

World Teacher's Day

  1st Monday

World Habitat Day

  2nd Wednesday

International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction

  9

World Post Day

  10

World Mental Health Day

  16

World Food Day

  17

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

  24

United Nations Day  and  World Developemnt Information Day

  24 October - 30 October 

Disarmament Week

November

 

   6

International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict

  14

World Diabetes Day

  16

International Day of Tolerance

  3rd Sunday

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

  20

Universal Children's Day, and
Africa Industrialization Day

  21

World Television Day

  25

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

  29

International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

December

 

  1

World AIDS Day

  2

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

  3

International Day of Disabled Persons

  5

International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development

  7

International Civil Aviation Day

  9

International Anti-Corruption Day

  10

Human Rights Day

  11

International Mountain Day

  18

International Migrants Day

  19

United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation

  20

International Human Solidarity Day