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

4 February          World Cancer Day
6 February          International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
13 February        World Radio Day
20 February        World Day of Social Justice
21 February         International Mother Language Day


8 March
        International Women's Day
20 March       Internal 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       International 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 of 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

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
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 of all Victims of Chemical Warfare
30 April        International Jazz Day

​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
​9-10 May     World Migration Bird Day
​15 May        International Day of Family
​17 May        World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
​20 May        "Vesak", the Day of the Full Moon
​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

​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 Labor
​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
​19 June       International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
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

​2 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

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

​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
​26 September  International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
​27 September  World Tourism Day
​29 September  World Maritime Day

​1 October         International Day of Older Persons
​2 October         International Day of Non-Violence
​3 October         World Habitat Day
​5 October         World's Teachers' 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
​20 October       World Statistics Day
​24 October       United Nations Day
​27 October       World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
​31 October       World Cities Day

​2 November     International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
​5 November     World Tsunami Awareness Day
​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
​16 November   International Day for Tolerance
​17 November   World Philosophy Day
​19 November   World Toilet Day
​20 November   Africa Industrialization Day
​20 November   Universal Children's Day
​20 November   World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
​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


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
9 December     International Anti-Corruption Day

9 December     International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime

UN Observances - Years

2017/2018

International year of Sustainable Tourism for Development

2019

International Year of Indigenous Languages
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