International Days
These are the international days currently
observed by the United Nations. New international days are established
regularly. The resolution establishing each international day is listed
in parenthesis.
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
1 March
Zero Discrimination Day
3 March
World Wildlife Day
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
21 March
International Day of Nowruz
21 March
World Down Syndrome Day
21 March
International Day of Forests
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
6 April
International Day of Sport for
Development and Peace
7 April
International Day of Reflection on
the Genocide in Rwanda
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
(Resolution 3.18 of the 28th session of the UNESCO General Conference)
23 April
English Language Day
24 - 30 April
World Immunization Week
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
(A/RES/59/26)
9-10 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
29 May
International Day of UN
Peacekeepers
31 May
World No-Tobacco Day
JUNE
1 June
Global Day of Parents
1 June
"Vesak", the Day of
the Full Moon
4 June
International Day of Innocent
Children Victims of Aggression
5 June
World Environment Day
6 June
Russian Language Day at the UN
(in Russian)
8 June
World Oceans Day
12 June
World Day Against Child Labour
13 June
International Albinism Awareness
Day
14 June
World Blood Donor Day
15 June
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
17 June
World Day to Combat
Desertification and Drought
20 June
World Refugee Day
21 June
International Day of Yoga
23 June
United Nations Public Service
Day
23 June
International Widows' Day
25 June
Day of the Seafarer
26 June
International Day against Drug
Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
26 June
United Nations International Day
in Support of Victims of Torture
JULY
4 July (first Saturday in
July)
International Day of
Cooperatives
11 July
World Population Day
15 July
World Youth Skills Day
18 July
Nelson Mandela International Day
28 July
World Hepatitis Day
30 July
International Day of Friendship
30 July
World Day against Trafficking in
Persons
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 [UNESCO] (Decision 8.2 of the 150th session of
the UNESCO Executive Board)
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
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
25 September (last week of
September)
World Maritime Day
26 September
International Day for the Total
Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
27 September
World Tourism Day
OCTOBER
1 October
International Day of Older
Persons
2 October
International Day of
Non-Violence
5 October
World Teachers’ Day
5 October (first Monday in
October)
World Habitat Day
9 October
World Post Day
10 October
World Mental Health 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
31 October
World Cities Day
NOVEMBER
2 November
International Day to End Impunity
for Crimes against Journalists
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
14 November
World Diabetes Day
15 November (third Sunday
in November)
World Day of Remembrance for
Road Traffic Victims
16 November
International Day for Tolerance
19 November
World Toilet Day
19 November (third Thursday
in November)
World Philosophy Day
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 Persons
with Disabilities
5 December
International Volunteer Day for
Economic and Social Development
5 December
World Soil Day
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
20 December
International Human Solidarity
Day
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