International Days, Weeks and Years

JANUARY
27 - International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

FEBRUARY
20 - World Day of Social Justice
21 - International Mother Language Day

MARCH
08 - International Women's Day
21 - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Week beginning 21 - Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism & Racial Discrimination
22 - World Water Day
23 - World Meteorological Day
25 - International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
25 - International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members

APRIL
02 - World Autism Awareness Day.
04 - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
07 - World Health Day
23 - World Book and Copyright Day

MAY
03 - World Press Freedom Day
08-09 - Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War
15 - International Day of Families
17 - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
21 - World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
22 - International Day for Biological Diversity
Week Beginning 25 - Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories
29 - International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
31 - World No-Tobacco Day

JUNE
04 - International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
05 - 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
26 - United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

JULY
1st Saturday - International Day of Cooperatives
11 - World Population Day

AUGUST
09 - 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
08 - International Literacy Day
15 - International Day for Democracy
16 - International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
21 - International Day of Peace
Last Week of September - World Maritime Day

OCTOBER
1st - International Day of Older Persons
1st Monday - World Habitat Day
04 - 10 - World Space Week
05 -World Teachers' Day
09 - World Post Day
10 - World Mental Health Day
2nd Wednesday - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
15 - International Day for Rural Women
16 - World Food Day
17 - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
4th Wednesday - Universal Children's Day (Australia)
24 - World Development Information Day
24 - United Nations Day
24-30 - Disarmament Week

NOVEMBER
06 - International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
14 - WHO World Diabetes Day
16 - International Day for Tolerance
3rd Sunday - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
20 - Africa Industrialization Day
20 - Universal Children's Day
21 - World Television Day
25 - International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women
29 - International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

DECEMBER
01 - World Aids Day
02 - International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
03 - International Day of Disabled Persons
05 - International Volunteer Day for Economic
07 - International Civil Aviation Day
09 - 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