INTERNATIOANAL DAYS’ CALENDAR

 

 

Listed below are the days and weeks officially recognized by the United Nations.

 

 

  DATE/MONTH                           DAY/EVENT/TITLE

 

21 February	International Mother Language Day
8 March	International Women's Rights and International Peace
21 March	International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21 March	Week of Solidarity with the Peoples struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination
22 March	World Day for Water
23 March	World Meteorological Day
24 March	World Tuberculosis Day
7 April	World Health Day
23 April	World Book and Copyright Day
3 May	World Press Freedom Day
15 May	International Day of Families
15 May	World Telecommunications Day
22 May	International Day for Biological Diversity
25 May	Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of All Colonial Territories Fighting for Freedom, Independence and Human Rights
31 May	World No-Tobacco Day
4 June	International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
5 June	World Environment Day
17 June	World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
20 June	World Refugee Day
26 June	International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
26 June	International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
First Saturday of July	International Day of Cooperatives
11 July	World Population Day
9 August	International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
12 August	International Youth Day
8 September	International Literacy Day
16 September	International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
3rd Tuesday in September	International Day of Peace
Last week in September	World Maritime Day
1 October	International Day of Older Persons
4-10 October	World Space Week
5 October	International World Teacher’s Day
1st Monday in October	World Habitat Day
9 October	World Post Day
10 October	World Mental Health Day
2nd Wednesday in October	International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
16 October	World Food Day

17 October	International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
4th Wednesday in October	Universal Children’s Day (Australia)
24 October	United Nations Day
24 October	World Development Information Day
24-30 October	Disarmament Week
6 November	International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
9 November	International Day Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism
16 November	International Day for Tolerance
20 November	Africa Industrialisation Day
20 November	Universal Children’s Day
21 November	World Television Day
25 November	International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
29 November	International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
1 December	World AIDS Day
2 December	International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3 December	International Day of Disabled Persons
5 December	International Volunteer Day for Economics and Social Development
7 December	International Civil Action Day
12 December	International Children’s Day of Broadcasting
18 December	International Migrants Day
29 December	International Day for Biological Diversity