United Nations Observances

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TopJANUARY

27 January

International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

TopFEBRUARY

A/RES/60/7

4 February 6 February 13 February 20 February 21 February

World Cancer Day [WHO] International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation [WHO] World Radio Day [UNESCO] World Day of Social Justice International Mother Language Day [UNESCO]
TopMARCH

A/RES/62/10 A/RES/56/262 30C/62

8 March 20 March 21 March 21 March 21 March 21 March 21 March 22 March 23 March 24 March 24 March

International Women's Day International Day of Happiness International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination World Poetry Day [UNESCO] International Day of Nowruz World Down Syndrome Day International Day of Forests and the Tree World Water Day World Meteorological Day [WMO] World Tuberculosis Day [WHO] International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims

A/RES/66/281 A/RES/2142 (XXI) A/RES/64/253 A/RES/66/149 draft A/C.3/66/L.27 A/RES/67/200 A/RES/47/193 WMO/EC-XII/Res.6 WMO/EC-XII/Res.6 A/RES/65/196

25 March

International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery

A/RES/62/122

and the Transatlantic Slave Trade 25 March International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members
TopAPRIL

2 April 4 April 6 April 7 April 7 April 12 April 22 April 23 April

World Autism Awareness Day International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action International Day of Sport for Development and Peace Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide World Health Day [WHO] International Day of Human Space Flight International Mother Earth Day World Book and Copyright Day

A/RES/62/139 A/RES/60/97 A/67/L.77 (draft) WHA/A.2/Res.35 A/RES/65/271 A/RES/63/278 Resolution 3.18 of the 28th session of the UNESCO General Conference

23 April 25 April 26 April 28 April 29 April 30 April

English Language Day World Malaria Day [WHO] World Intellectual Property Day [WIPO] World Day for Safety and Health at Work [ILO] Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare International Jazz Day
TopMAY

3 May 8-9 May 11-12 May 15 May 17 May 21 May 22 May 23 May

World Press Freedom Day Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War World Migratory Bird Day [UNEP] International Day of Families World Telecommunication and Information Society Day [ITU] World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development International Day for Biological Diversity International Day to End Obstetric Fistula

A/DEC/48/432 A/RES/59/26 A/RES/47/237 A/RES/60/252 A/RES/57/249 A/RES/55/201 A/RES/67/147

24 May 29 May 31 May

"Vesak", the Day of the Full Moon International Day of UN Peacekeepers World No-Tobacco Day [WHO]

A/RES/54/115 A/RES/57/129 Resolution 42.19 of the 42nd session of WHO

TopJUNE

1 June 4 June 5 June 8 June 12 June 14 June 15 June 17 June 20 June 23 June 23 June 25 June 26 June 26 June

Global Day of Parents International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression World Environment Day [UNEP] World Oceans Day World Day Against Child Labour World Blood Donor Day [WHO] World Elder Abuse Awareness Day World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought World Refugee Day United Nations Public Service Day International Widows' Day Day of the Seafarer [IMO] International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
TopJULY

A/RES/66/292 A/RES/ES-7/8 A/RES/2994 (XXVII) A/RES/63/111 WHA58.13 A/RES/66/127 A/RES/49/115 A/RES/55/76 A/RES/57/277 A/RES/65/189 STCW/CONF.2/DC.4 A/RES/42/112 A/RES/52/149

6 July
(First Saturday in July)

International Day of Cooperatives

A/RES/47/90

11 July 18 July 28 July 30 July

World Population Day Nelson Mandela International Day World Hepatitis Day [WHO] International Day of Friendship
TopAUGUST

UNDP decision 89/46 A/RES/64/13 A/RES/65/275

9 August 12 August

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples International Youth Day

A/RES/49/214 A/RES/54/120

19 August 23 August

World Humanitarian Day International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition [UNESCO]

A/RES/63/139 Decision 8.2 of the 150th session of the UNESCO Executive Board A/RES/64/35 A/RES/65/209

29 August 30 August

International Day against Nuclear Tests International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
TopSEPTEMBER

5 September 8 September

International Day of Charity International Literacy Day [UNESCO]

A/RES/67/105 draft A/67/L.45 Resolution 1.141 of the 14th session of the UNESCO General Conference A/RES/58/220 A/RES/62/7 A/RES/49/114 A/RES/36/67 A/RES/55/282 IMCO/C XXXVIII/21

10 September 12 September 15 September 16 September 21 September 26 September

(Last week of September)

World Suicide Prevention Day [WHO] United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation International Day of Democracy International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer International Day of Peace World Maritime Day [IMO]

27 September 28 September

World Tourism Day [UNWTO] World Rabies Day [WHO]

TopOCTOBER

1 October 2 October 5 October 7 October

(First Monday in October)

International Day of Older Persons International Day of Non-Violence World Teachers Day [UNESCO] World Habitat Day

A/RES/45/106 A/RES/61/271 UNESCOPRESSE, vol.4, no.17, p.9 A/RES/40/202 A

9 October

World Post Day

UPU/Tokyo Congress 1969/Res.C.11

10 October

World Mental Health Day [WHO]

10 October (Second
Thursday in October)

World Sight Day [WHO]

11 October 13 October 15 October 16 October 17 October 24 October 24 October 27 October

International Day of the Girl Child International Day for Disaster Reduction International Day of Rural Women World Food Day [FAO] International Day for the Eradication of Poverty United Nations Day World Development Information Day World Day for Audiovisual Heritage [UNESCO]
TopNOVEMBER

A/RES/66/170 A/RES/44/236 A/RES/64/200 A/RES/62/136 A/RES/35/70 A/RES/47/196 A/RES/168 (II) A/RES/2782 (XXVI) A/RES/3038 (XXVII)

6 November 10 November 12 November 14 November 16 November

International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict World Science Day for Peace and Development [UNESCO] World Pneumonia Day [WHO] World Diabetes Day [WHO] International Day for Tolerance

A/RES/56/4 A/RES/61/225 Resolution 5.61 of the 28th session of the UNESCO General Conference A/RES/51/95

16 November 18 November
(Third Sunday in November)

World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day [WHO] World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims [WHO]

A/RES/60/5

19 November 20 November 20 November 21 November

(Third Thursday in November)

World Toilet Day Universal Childrens Day Africa Industrialization Day World Philosophy Day [UNESCO]

A/67/L.75 (draft) A/RES/44/237

21 November

World Television Day

A/RES/51/205

25 November 29 November

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
TopDECEMBER

A/RES/54/134 A/RES/32/40B

1 December 2 December 3 December 5 December 7 December 9 December 10 December 11 December 18 December 20 December

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 Day [ICAO] International Anti-Corruption Day Human Rights Day International Mountain Day International Migrants Day International Human Solidarity Day

A/RES/47/3 A/RES/40/212 A/RES/51/33 A/RES/58/4 A/RES/423 (V) A/RES/57/245 A/RES/55/93 A/RES/60/209