Important UN & International Days

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

February
20 February World Day of Social Justice
21 February International Mother Language Day

March
8 March International Women’s Day
21 March International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
22 March World Water Day
25 March International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

April
2 April World Autism Awareness Day
4 April International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
7 April World Health Day
7 April International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda
23 April World Book and Copyright Day

May
3 May World Press Freedom Day
15 May International Day of Families
17 May World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
21 May World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
22 May International Day for Biological Diversity
29 May International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers

June
4 June International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
5 June World Environment Day
17 June World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
20 June World Refugee Day
23 June United Nations Public Service Day
26 June International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
26 June United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

July
July, 1st Saturday International Day of Cooperatives
11 July World Population Day

August
9 August International Day of the World's Indigenous People
12 August International Youth Day
26 August Namibia Day

September
8 September International Literacy Day
15 September International Day of Democracy
16 September International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
21 September International Day of Peace

October
1 October International Day of Older Persons
2 October International Day of Non-Violence
October, 1st Monday World Habitat Day
October, 2nd Wednesday International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
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

November
6 November International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
14 November World Diabetes Day
16 November International Day for Tolerance
November, 3rd Sunday World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims and Their Families
20 November Africa Industrialization Day
20 November Universal Children's 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 for the Abolition of Slavery
3 December International Day of Disabled Persons
5 December International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
7 December International Civil Aviation Day
9 December International Anti-Corruption Day
10 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

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