JANUARY
27 January: International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
FEBRUARY
4 February: World Cancer Day [WHO]
6 February: International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation [WHO]
13 February: World Radio Day [UNESCO]
20 February: World Day of Social Justice
21 February: International Mother Language Day [UNESCO]
MARCH
8 March: International Women’s Day
20 March: International Day of Happiness
21 March: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21 March: World Poetry Day [UNESCO]
21 March: International Day of Nowruz
21 March: World Down Syndrome Day
22 March: World Water Day
23 March: World Meteorological Day [WMO]
24 March: World Tuberculosis Day [WHO]
24 March: International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
25 March: International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
25 March: International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members
APRIL
2 April: World Autism Awareness Day
4 April: International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
7 April: Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide
7 April: World Health Day [WHO]
12 April: International Day of Human Space Flight
22 April: International Mother Earth Day
23 April: World Book and Copyright Day [UNESCO]
25 April: World Malaria Day [WHO]
26 April: World Intellectual Property Day [WIPO]
28 April: World Day for Safety and Health at Work [ILO]
29 April: Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare
30 April: International Jazz Day
MAY
3 May: World Press Freedom Day
5 May: Day of Vesak
8-9 May: Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War
12-13 May: World Migratory Bird Day [UNEP]
15 May: International Day of Families
17 May: World Telecommunication and Information Society Day [ITU]
21 May: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
22 May International Day for Biological Diversity A/RES/55/201
29 May: International Day of UN Peacekeepers
31 May: World No-Tobacco Day [WHO]
JUNE
4 June: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
5 June: World Environment Day [UNEP]
8 June: World Oceans Day
12 June: World Day Against Child Labor [ILO]
14 June: World Blood Donor Day [WHO]
15 June: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
17 June: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
20 June: World Refugee Day
23 June: United Nations Public Service Day
23 June: International Widow’s Day
25 June: Day of the Seafarer [IMO]
26 June: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
26 June: United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
JULY
7 July(First Saturday in July): International Day of Cooperatives
11 July: World Population Day [UNDP]
18 July: Nelson Mandela International Day
28 July: World Hepatitis Day [WHO]
30 July: International Day of Friendship
AUGUST
9 August: International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
12 August: International Youth Day
19 August: World Humanitarian Day
23 August: International Day for the Remembrance of the 150th session of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition [UNESCO]
29 August: International Day against Nuclear Tests
30 August: International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
SEPTEMBER
8 September: International Literacy Day [UNESCO]
10 September: World Suicide Prevention Day [WHO]
15 September: International Day of Democracy
16 September: International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
21 September: International Day of Peace
27 September: World Tourism Day [UNWTO]
27 September(Last week of September): World Maritime Day [IMO]
28 September: World Rabies Day [WHO]
29 September(Last Saturday in September): World Heart Day [WHO]
OCTOBER
1 October (First Monday in October): World Habitat Day
1 October: International Day of Older Persons
2 October: International Day of Non-Violence
5 October: World Teachers’ Day [UNESCO]
9 October: World Post Day [UPU]
10 October: World Mental Health Day [WHO]
11 October: International Day of the Girl Child
11 October(Second Thursday in October): World Sight Day [WHO]
13 October: International Day for Disaster Reduction
15 October: International Day of Rural Women
16 October: World Food Day [FAO]
17 October: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
24 October: United Nations Day
24 October: World Development Information Day
27 October: World Day for Audiovisual Heritage [UNESCO]
NOVEMBER
6 November: International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
10 November: World Science Day for Peace and Development [UNESCO]
12 November: World Pneumonia Day [WHO]
14 November: World Diabetes Day [WHO]
15 November (Third Thursday in November): World Philosophy Day [UNESCO]
16 November: International Day for Tolerance
16 November: World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day [WHO]
17 November(Third Sunday in November): World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims [WHO]
20 November: Universal Children’s Day
20 November: Africa Industrialization 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
DECEMBER
1 December: World AIDS Day
2 December: International Day far the Abolition of Slavery
3 December: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
5 December: International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
7 December: International Civil Aviation Day [ICAO]
9 December: International Anti-Corruption Day
l0 December: Human Rights Day
11 December: International Mountain Day
18 December: International Migrants Day
19 December: United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
20 December: International Human Solidarity Day
