Calendar of Upcoming Meetings and
Events
International
Days, Years, Decades and other Observances
Annual
Days and Weeks
International Decades and Years
Annual
Days and Weeks
08 March:
United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace
Beginning
on 21 March:
Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial
Discrimination
21
March:
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
22
March:
World Day for Water
23
March:
World Meteorological Day
07
April:
World Health Day
23
April:
World Book and Copyright Day
03
May:
World Press Freedom Day
15
May:
International Day of Families
Beginning
25 May:
Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories
31
May:
World No-Tobacco Day
04
June:
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
05
June:
World Environment Day
17
June:
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
20
June:
World Refugee Day
26
June:
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
26
June:
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
First
Saturday of July:
International Day of Cooperatives
11
July:
World Population Day
09
August:
International Day of the World's Indigenous People
12
August:
International Youth Day
23
August:
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
September
- opening day of UN General Assembly:
International Day of Peace
08
September:
International Literacy Day
16
September:
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
During
the last week in September:
World Maritime Day
01
October:
International Day of Older Persons
04-10
October:
World Space Week
First
Monday of October:
World Habitat Day
09
October:
World Post Day
10
October:
World Mental Health Day
Second
Wednesday of October:
International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
16
October:
World Food Day
17
October:
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
24-30
October:
Disarmament Week
24
October:
World Development Information Day
24
October:
United Nations Day
16
November:
International Day for Tolerance
20
November, varies:
Universal Children's Day
20
November:
Africa Industrialization Day
25
November:
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
21
November:
World Television Day
29
November:
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
01
December:
World AIDS Day
02
December:
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
03
December:
International Day of Disabled Persons
05
December:
International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
07
December:
International Civil Aviation Day
10
December:
Human Rights Day
18
December:
International Migrants Day
29
December:
International Day for Biological Diversity
International
Decades and Years
2001:
United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations
2001:
International Year of Volunteers
2001:
International Year of Mobilization against Racism, Racial Discrimination,
Xenophobia and Related Intolerance
2002:
International Year of Mountains
2002:
International Year of Ecotourism
2005:
International Year of Microcredit
1993
- 2002:
Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa
1993
- 2002:
Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons
1993
- 2002:
Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination
1994
- 2004:
International Decade of the World's Indigenous People
1995
- 2004:
United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education
1997
- 2006:
United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
2001
- 2010:
International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the
Children of the World
2001
- 2010:
Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism
2003:
International Year of Freshwater