|
Date |
Event |
|
21 February |
International Mother Language Day
|
|
8 March |
United Nations Day for Women's Rights &
International Peace |
|
21 March |
International Day for the Elimination of
Racial Discrimination |
|
Beginning 21 March
|
Week of Solidarity with the Peoples
Struggling Against Racial Discrimination
|
|
22 March |
World Day for Water
|
|
23 March |
World Meteorological Day
|
|
7 April |
World Health Day |
|
23 April |
World Book & Copy Right Day
|
|
3 May |
World Press Freedom Day
|
|
15 May |
International Day of Families
|
|
17 May |
World Telecommunication Day
|
|
22 May |
International Day for Biological
diversity |
|
Beginning 25 May |
Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of
Non-Self Governing Territories |
|
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 &
Drought |
|
20 June |
World Refugee day |
|
26 June |
International Day Against Drug Abuse &
Illicit Trafficking |
|
26 June |
International Day in Support of Victims
of Torture |
|
6 July |
International Day of Cooperatives (First
Saturday of July) |
|
11 July |
World Population Day
|
|
9 August |
International Youth Day
|
|
23 August |
International Day for the Remembrance of
the Slave Trade & Its Abolition |
|
8 September |
International literacy Day
|
|
10 September |
International Day of Peace (Opening day
of General Assembly) |
|
16 September |
International Day for the Preservation of
the Ozone Layer |
|
September |
World Maritime Day (During last week of
September) |
|
1 October |
International Day of Older Persons
|
|
4 - 10 October |
World Space Week |
|
5 October |
International Teachers' Day
|
|
7 October |
World Habitat Day (First Monday of
October) |
|
9 October |
International Day for Natural Disaster
Reduction (Second Wednesday of October)
|
|
9 October |
World Post Day |
|
10 October |
World Mental Health Day
|
|
16 October |
World Food Day |
|
17 October |
International Day for the Eradication of
Poverty |
|
24 October |
United Nations Day
|
|
24 October |
World Development Information Day
|
|
24 -30 October |
Disarmament Week |
|
6 November |
Int'l Day for Preventing the Exploitation
of the Environment in War & Armed Conflict
|
|
16 November |
International Day for Tolerance
|
|
20 November |
Africa Industrialized Day
|
|
20 November |
Universal Children's Day
|
|
21 November |
World Television Day
|
|
25 November |
International Day of 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 Volunteers Day for Economic
and Social Development |
|
7 December |
International Civil Aviation Day
|
|
10 December |
Human Rights Day |
|
18 December |
International migrants Day
|
