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UNITED NATIONS DAYS AND WEEKS

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

February 21 --- International Mother Language Day

March 8 --- UN Day for Women's Rights and International Peace (International Women’s Day)

March 21 --- International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Beginning March 21 --- Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination

March 22 --- World Water Day

March 23 --- World Meteorological Day

April 7 --- World Health Day

April 23 --- World Book and Copyright Day

May 3 --- World Press Freedom Day

May 10 –Anniversary of the adoption of A WORLD FIT FOR CHILDREN

May 15 --- International Day of Families

May 17 --- World Information Society Day (formerly World Telecommunications Day)

May 21-- World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

May 22 --- International Day for Biological Diversity

May 25-June 1 --- Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self Governing Territories

May 29 -- International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers

May 31 --- World No-Tobacco Day

June 4 --- International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

June 5 --- World Environment Day

June 17 --- World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

June 20 --- World Refugee Day

June 23 ---United Nations Public Service Day

June 26 ---Day the UN Charter was signed in San Francisco in 1945

June 26 --- International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

June 26 --- International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

First Saturday of July --- International Day of Cooperatives

July 11 --- World Population Day

August 9 --- International Day of Indigenous Peoples

August 12 --- International Youth Day

August 23 --- International Day for the Remembrance of Slave Trade and its Abolition

September 8 --- International Literacy Day

September 16 --- International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

(September 21 --- Hear the Children Day of Peace )

September 21 --- International Day of Peace

Last Week of September --- World Maritime Day

October 1 --- International Day for Older Persons

First Monday of October --- World Habitat Day

Second Wednesday of October --- International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction

October 4-10 --- World Space Week

October 5 --- World Teachers Day

October 9 --- World Post Day

October 10 --- World Mental Health Day

October 16 --- World Food Day

October 17 --- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

October 24 --- United Nations Day (Day when the UN Charter came into force)

October 24 --- World Development Information Day

October 24-30 --- Disarmament Week

November 6 - International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict

November 16 --- International Day for Tolerance

Third Sunday of November – World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

November 20 --- Anniversary of the General Assembly adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

November 20 --- Universal Children's Day

November 20 --- Africa Industrialization Day

November 21 --- World Television Day

November 25 --- International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

November 29 --- International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

December 1 --- World AIDS Day

December 2 --- International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

December 3 --- International Day of Disabled Persons

December 5 --- International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development

December 7 --- International Civil Aviation Day

December 10 --- Human Rights Day

December 11 --- International Mountain Day

December 18 --- International Migrants Day

December 19 --- United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation

December 20 --- International Human Solidarity Day

UNITED NATIONS DECADES

2001-2010 International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World

2001-2010 Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa

2001-2010 Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism

2002-2010 Implementation of A World Fit for Children 21 targets

2003-2012 United Nations Literacy Decade: Literacy for All

2005-2014 Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People

2005-2014 United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

2005-2015 International Decade for Action, “Water for Life” (from 22 March 2005)

UNITED NATIONS YEARS

2008 International Year of the Potato

2008 International Year of the Planet Earth

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