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UNITED NATIONS CALENDAR
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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