List of International Days Observed by United Nations
January
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27 January - International Day of Commemoration in
Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
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February
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4 February - World Cancer Day
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6 February -
International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
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13 February - World
Radio Day
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20 February - World
Day of Social Justice
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21 February -
International Mother Language Day
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March
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8 March -
International Women's Day
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20 March -
International Day of Happiness
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21 March -
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
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21 March - World
Poetry Day [UNESCO]
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21 March -
International Day of Nowruz
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21 March - World
Down Syndrome Day
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21 March - International Day of Forests and
the Tree
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22 March - World
Water Day
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23 March - World
Meteorological Day
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24 March - World
Tuberculosis Day
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24 March -
International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights
Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
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25 March -
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the
Transatlantic Slave Trade
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25 March -
International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members
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April
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2 April - World Autism Awareness Day
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4 April - International Day for Mine Awareness and
Assistance in Mine Action
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7 April - Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the
Rwanda Genocide
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7 April - World Health Day
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12 April - International Day of Human Space
Flight
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22 April - International Mother Earth Day
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23 April - World Book and Copyright Day
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23 April - English Language Day
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25 April - World Malaria Day
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26 April - World Intellectual Property Day
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28 April - World Day for Safety and Health at Work
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29 April - Day of Remembrance for all Victims of
Chemical Warfare
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30 April - International Jazz Day
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May
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3 May - World Press Freedom Day
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8-9 May -Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for
Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War A
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11-12 May -World Migratory Bird Day
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15 May - International Day of Families
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17 May - World Telecommunication and Information
Society Day
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21 May - World Day for Cultural Diversity for
Dialogue and Development
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22 May - International Day for Biological
Diversity A/RES/55/201
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23 May - International Day to End Obstetric
Fistula A/RES/67/147
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24 May - "Vesak", the Day of the Full
Moon A/RES/54/115
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29 May - International Day of UN Peacekeepers
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31 May - World No-Tobacco Day [WHO] Resolution 42.19 of the 42nd
session of WHO
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June
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1 June - Global Day
of Parents
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4 June -
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
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5 June - World
Environment Day
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8 June - World
Oceans Day
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12 June - World Day
Against Child Labour
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14 June - World
Blood Donor Day [WHO]
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15 June - World
Elder Abuse Awareness Day
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17 June - World Day
to Combat Desertification and Drought
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20 June - World
Refugee Day
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23 June - United
Nations Public Service Day
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23 June -
International Widows' Day
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25 June - Day of the
Seafarer [IMO]
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26 June -
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
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26 June - United
Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
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July
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6 July (First
Saturday in July) - International Day of Cooperatives
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11 July - World
Population Day
12th July - Malala Day |
18 July - Nelson
Mandela International Day
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28 July - World
Hepatitis Day
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30 July -
International Day of Friendship
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August
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9 August -
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
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12 August -
International Youth Day
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19 August - World
Humanitarian Day
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23 August -
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
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29 August -
International Day against Nuclear Tests
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30 August -
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
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September
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5 September -
International Day of Charity
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8 September -
International Literacy Day
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10 September - World
Suicide Prevention Day
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12 September -
United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
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15 September -
International Day of Democracy
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16 September -
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
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21 September -
International Day of Peace
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26 September (Last
week of September) - World Maritime Day
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27 September - World
Tourism Day
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28 September - World
Rabies Day
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28 September (Last
Saturday in September) - World Heart Day
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October
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(First Monday in
October) - World Habitat Day
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1 October -
International Day of Older Persons
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2 October -
International Day of Non-Violence
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5 October - World
Teachers’ Day
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9 October - World
Post Day
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10 October - World
Mental Health Day
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10 October - (Second
Thursday in October) - World Sight Day
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11 October -
International Day of the Girl Child
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13 October - International
Day for Disaster Reduction
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15 October -
International Day of Rural Women
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16 October - World
Food Day
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17 October -
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
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24 October - United
Nations Day
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24 October - World
Development Information Day
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27 October - World
Day for Audiovisual Heritage
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November
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6 November -
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War
and Armed Conflict
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10 November - World
Science Day for Peace and Development
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12 November - World
Pneumonia Day
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14 November - World
Diabetes Day
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16 November -
International Day for Tolerance
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16 November - World
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day
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18 November (Third
Sunday in November) - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
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19 November - World
Toilet Day
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20 November -
Universal Children’s Day
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20 November - Africa
Industrialization Day
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21 November (Third
Thursday in November) -World Philosophy Day
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21 November - World
Television Day
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25 November - International Day for the Elimination of
Violence against Women
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29 November -
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
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December
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1 December - World
AIDS Day
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2 December -
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
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3 December -
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
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5 December -
International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
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7 December -
International Civil Aviation Day [ICAO]
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9 December -
International Anti-Corruption Day
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10 December - Human
Rights Day
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11 December -
International Mountain Day
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18 December -
International Migrants Day
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20 December -
International Human Solidarity Day
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