United Nations Observances

International
Decades and Years

1993-2003 ― Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination
1994-2004 ― International Decade of the World's Indigenous People
1995-2004 ― United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education
1997-2006 ― United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
2001-2010 ― Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa
2001-2010 ― Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism
2001-2010 ― International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of
                   the World
2003-2012 ― United Nations Literacy Decade: Education for All
2005-2014 ― United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

2003 ― International Year of Freshwater
2003 ― Year of Kyrgyz Statehood
2004 ― International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and Its Abolition
2004 ― International Year of Rice
2005 ― International Year of Microcredit

Annual Days and Weeks

21 February
08 March
21 March
21 March

22 March
23 March
07 April
23 April
03 May
15 May
01 May
21 May
22 May
25 May

29 May
31 May
04 June
05 June
17 June
20 June
23 June
26 June

26 June
05 July
11 July
09 August
12 August
23 August

08 September
16 September
21 September
September
01 October
04-10 October
05 October
06 October
08 October

09 October
10 October
16 October
17 October
24 October
24 October 
24-30 October
06 November

16 November
20 November
20 November
21 November
25 November
29 November
01 December
02 December
03 December
05 December
07 December
10 December
18 December
 

International Mother Language Day
United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Beginning of the Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against
Racism and Racial Discrimination
World Day for Water
World Meteorological Day
World Health Day
World Book and Copyright Day
World Press Freedom Day
International Day of Families
World Telecommunication Day
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
International Day for Biological Diversity
Beginning of the Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories
International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
World No-Tobacco Day
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
World Environment Day
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
World Refugee Day
United Nations Public Service Day
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit
Trafficking
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
International Day of Cooperatives (first Saturday of July)
World Population Day
International Day of the World's Indigenous People
International Youth Day
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its
Abolition
International Literacy Day
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
International Day of Peace
World Maritime Day (during last week of September)
International Day of Older Persons
World Space Week
World Teachers' Day
World Habitat Day (first Monday of October)
International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction (second Wednesday of
October)
World Post Day
World Mental Health Day
World Food Day
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
United Nations Day
World Development Information Day
Disarmament Week
Int’l Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
International Day for Tolerance
Africa Industrialization Day
Universal Children's Day
World Television Day
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
World AIDS Day
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
International Day of Disabled Persons
International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
International Civil Aviation Day
Human Rights Day
International Migrants Day

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Last updated: 27 May, 2008