January
27 January - International Day of Commemoration in
Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
February
4 February - World Cancer Day
6 February -
International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
13 February - World
Radio Day
20 February - World
Day of Social Justice
21 February -
International Mother Language Day
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
21 March - International Day of Forests and
the Tree
22 March - World
Water Day
23 March - World
Meteorological Day
24 March - World
Tuberculosis Day
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
12 April - International Day of Human Space
Flight
22 April - International Mother Earth Day
23 April - World Book and Copyright Day
23 April - English Language Day
25 April - World Malaria Day
26 April - World Intellectual Property Day
28 April - World Day for Safety and Health at Work
29 April - Day of Remembrance for all Victims of
Chemical Warfare
30 April - International Jazz Day
May
3 May - World Press Freedom Day
8-9 May -Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for
Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War
11-12 May -World Migratory Bird 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
23 May - International Day to End Obstetric
Fistula
24 May - "Vesak", the Day of the Full
Moon
29 May - International Day of UN Peacekeepers
31 May - World No-Tobacco Day [WHO] Resolution 42.19 of the 42nd
session of WHO
June
1 June - Global Day
of Parents
4 June -
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
5 June - World
Environment Day
8 June - World
Oceans Day
12 June - World Day
Against Child Labour
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 Widows' 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
6 July (First
Saturday in July) - International Day of Cooperatives
11 July - World
Population Day
12th July - Malala Day
12th July - Malala Day
18 July - Nelson
Mandela International Day
28 July - World
Hepatitis Day
30 July -
International Day of Friendship
August
9 August -
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
12 August -
International Youth Day
19 August - World
Humanitarian Day
23 August -
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
29 August -
International Day against Nuclear Tests
30 August -
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
September
5 September -
International Day of Charity
8 September -
International Literacy Day
10 September - World
Suicide Prevention Day
12 September -
United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
15 September -
International Day of Democracy
16 September -
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
21 September -
International Day of Peace
26 September (Last
week of September) - World Maritime Day
27 September - World
Tourism Day
28 September - World
Rabies Day
28 September (Last
Saturday in September) - World Heart Day
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
9 October - World
Post Day
10 October - World
Mental Health Day
10 October - (Second
Thursday in October) - World Sight Day
11 October -
International Day of the Girl Child
13 October - International
Day for Disaster Reduction
15 October -
International Day of Rural Women
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
27 October - World
Day for Audiovisual Heritage
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
12 November - World
Pneumonia Day
14 November - World
Diabetes Day
16 November -
International Day for Tolerance
16 November - World
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day
18 November (Third
Sunday in November) - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
19 November - World
Toilet Day
20 November -
Universal Children’s Day
20 November - Africa
Industrialization Day
21 November (Third
Thursday in November) -World Philosophy 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 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
10 December - Human
Rights Day
11 December -
International Mountain Day
18 December -
International Migrants Day
20 December -
International Human Solidarity Day
