UN Days

UN Days
UN Days and Observances
JANUARY
27-Jan International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
FEBRUARY
4-Feb
6-Feb
13-Feb
20-Feb
21-Feb

World Cancer Day

International Day of Zero to Female Genital Mutilation
World Radio Day
World Day of Social Justice
International Mother Language Day

MARCH
8-Mar International Womens Day
21-Mar International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21-Mar World Poetry Day
21-Mar nternational Day of Nowruz
21-Mar World Down Syndrome Day
22-Mar World Water Day
23-Mar World Meteorological Day
24-Mar World Tuberculosis Day
International Day for the Rights to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the
24-Mar
Dignity of Victims
25-Mar International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlancit Slave Trade
25-Mar International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members
April
2-Apr World Autism Awareness Day
4-Apr International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
7-Apr Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide
7-Apr World Health Day
12-Apr International Day of Human Space Flight
22-Apr International Mother Earth Day
23-Apr World Book and Copyright Day
25-Apr World Malaria Day
26-Apr World Intellectual Property Day
28-Apr World Day for Safety & Health at Work
29-Apr Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare
30-Apr International Jazz Day

MAY
World Press Freedom Day
Day of Vesak
Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second
89 May
World War
1415 May World Migratory Bird Day
International Day of Families
15-May
World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
17-May
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
21-May
International Day for Biological Diversity
22-May
International Day of UN Peacekeepers
29-May
World No-Tobacco Day
31-May
3-May
5-May

JUNE
4-Jun
5-Jun
8-Jun
12-Jun
14-Jun
17-Jun
20-Jun
23-Jun
23-Jun
25-Jun
26-Jun
26-Jun

International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

World Environment Day
World Oceans Day
World Day Against Child Labour
World Blood Donor Day
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
World Refugee Day
United Nations Public Service Day
International Widows Day
Day of the Seafarer
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
United Nations International Day in Sup port of Victims of Torture

JULY
7 July (First
Saturday in
July)
11-Jul
18-Jul
28-Jul
30-Jul

International Day of Cooperatives

World Population Day
Nelson Mandela International Day
World Hepatitis Day
International Day of Friendship

AUGUST
9-Aug International Day of the Worlds Indigenous People
12-Aug International Youth Day
19-Aug World Humanitarian Day
23-Aug International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
29-Aug International Day against Nuclear Tests
30-Aug International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

SEPTEMBER
8-Sep
10-Sep
15-Sep
16-Sep
21-Sep
27-Sep
27 September (Last week of September)
28-Sep
29 September (Last Saturday in September)

International Literacy Day

World Suicide Prevention Day
International Day of Democracy
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
International Day of Peace
World Tourism Day
World Maritime Day
World Rabies Day
World Heart Day

OCTOBER
World Habitat Day
1 October (First Monday in October)
International Day of Older Persons
1-Oct
International Day of Non-Violence
2-Oct
World Teachers Day
5-Oct
World Post Day
9-Oct
World Mental Health Day
10-Oct
International Day of the Girl Child
11-Oct
11 October (Second Thursday in October) World Sight Day
International Day for Disaster Reduction
13-Oct
International Day of Rural Women
15-Oct
World Food Day
16-Oct
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
17-Oct
United Nations Day
24-Oct
World Development Information Day
24-Oct
World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
27-Oct
NOVEMBER
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the
Environment in War and Armed Conflict
World Science Day for Peace and Development
10-Nov
World Pneumonia Day
12-Nov
World Diabetes Day
14-Nov
15 November (Third Thursday in November) World Philosophy Day
International Day for Tolerance
16-Nov
World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day
16-Nov
17 November (Third Sunday in November) World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
Universal Childrens Day
20-Nov
Africa Industrialization Day
20-Nov
World Television Day
21-Nov
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against
25-Nov
Women
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
29-Nov
6-Nov

DECEMBER
1-Dec
2-Dec
3-Dec
5-Dec
7-Dec
9-Dec
10-Dec
11-Dec
18-Dec
19-Dec
20-Dec

World AIDS Day

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
International Civil Aviation
International Anti-Corruption Day
Human Rights Day
International Mountain Day
International Migrants Day
United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
International Human Solidarity Day