Observances
http://www.un.org/observances/days.shtml
- 27 January
International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
http://www.un.org/holocaustremembrance
A/RES/60/7 (PDF) (F / S)
- 20 February
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/social/intldays/IntlJustice/
A/RES/62/10 (PDF) (F / S)
- 8 March
International Women's Day
| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001
http://www.un.org/events/women/iwd/2009/
- 21 March
International
Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/racial/index.html
A/RES/2142 (XXI) (PDF) (F / S)
- 22 March
World Water Day
| 2009 |2008
| 2007
http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/flashindex.html
A/RES/47/193 (PDF) (F / S)
- 25 March
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade - 2009 |2008
http://www.un.org/en/slavery/
A/RES/62/122 (PDF) (F / S)
- 2
April
World Autism Awareness Day
A/RES/62/139 (PDF) (F / S)
- 4 April
International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
http://www.mineaction.org/overview.asp?o=2147
A/RES/60/97 (PDF) (F / S)
- 28 April
World Day for Safety and Health at Work [ILO]
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/worldday/index.htm
- 3 May
World Press Freedom Day
| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003
http://www.un.org/apps/sg/sgstats.asp?nid=3833
A/DEC/48/432
- 21 May
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/cultural_diversity/index.html
A/RES/57/249 (PDF) (F / S)
- 4 June
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
A/RES/ES-7/8 (PDF) (F / S)
- 5 June
http://www.unep.org/wed/2009/english/
| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002
A/RES/2994 (XXVII) (PDF) (F / S)
- 12 June
World Day Against Child Labour
http://www.ilo.org/ipec/Campaignandadvocacy/WDACL/lang--en/index.htm
| 2009
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- 14 June
http://www.who.int/worldblooddonorday/en/
| 2009 | 2008
| 2007
| 2006
WHA58.13 (PDF)
- 20 June
http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/refugee/index.html
A/RES/55/76 (PDF) (F / S)
- 26 June
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/drug/index.html
A/RES/42/112 (PDF) (F / S)
- 26 June
United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
A/RES/52/149 (PDF) (F / S)
- 11 July
http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/population/index.html
UNDP decision 89/46
- 9 August
International Day of the World's Indigenous People
| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006
| 2005
http://www.un.org/en/events/indigenous/2009/
A/RES/49/214 (PDF) (F / S)
- 12 August
http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/youth/index.html
A/RES/54/120 (PDF) (F / S)
- 19 August
http://www.un.org/en/events/humanitarianday/2009/
A/RES/63/139 (PDF) (F / S)
- 23 August
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=27835&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Decision 8.2 of the 150th session of the UNESCO Executive Board (PDF)
- 8 September
http://www.unesco.org/en/literacy/advocacy/international-literacy-day/
Resolution 1.141 of the 14th session of the UNESCO General Conference
- 15 September
International Day of Democracy
http://www.un.org/en/events/democracyday/index.shtml
A/RES/62/7 (PDF) (F / S)
- 21 September
International Day of Peace
| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002
http://www.un.org/en/events/peaceday/2009/
A/RES/36/67
(PDF) (F / S)
A/RES/55/282
(PDF) (F / S)
- 1 October
International Day of Older Persons
| 2006 | 2005 | 2002
http://www.un.org/events/olderpersons/2006/
A/RES/45/106 (PDF) (F / S)
- 2 October
International Day of Non-Violence
| 2008 | 2007
http://www.un.org/events/nonviolence/2008/index.shtml
A/RES/61/271 (PDF) (F / S)
- 5 October
UNESCOPRESSE, vol.4, no.17, p.9
- 6 October (First Monday)
http://www.unhabitat.org/categories.asp?catid=588
| 2008
A/RES/40/202 A (PDF) (F / S)
- 15
October
International Day of Rural Women
A/RES/62/136 (PDF) (F / S)
- 16 October
World
Food Day
http://www.fao.org/getinvolved/worldfoodday/en/
A/RES/35/70 (PDF) (F / S)
- 17 October
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
| 2006 | 2004 | 2002
http://www.un.org/events/poverty/2006/
A/RES/47/196 (PDF) (F / S)
- 16 November
International Day for Tolerance
http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/tolerance/index.html
Resolution 5.61 of the 28th session of the UNESCO General Conference
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/peace_library/UNESCO/HRIGHTS/124-129.HTM
- 20 November
http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/children_day/index.html
- 25 November
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against
Women
| 2008 | 2007 | 2005
http://www.un.org/events/women/violence/2008/
A/RES/54/134 (PDF) (F / S)
- 1 December
World AIDS Day
| 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2001 | 2000
http://www.un.org/events/aids/2008/
- 2 December
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
- 3 December
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?navid=31&pid=109
A/RES/47/3 (PDF) (F / S)
- 9 December
International Anti-Corruption Day
http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/events/anti_corruption/index.html
A/RES/58/4 (PDF) (F / S)
- 10
December
Human Rights Day
| 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002
http://www.un.org/events/humanrights/2008/
A/RES/423 (V) (PDF) (F / S)
- 18 December
http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/events/migrants/index.html
A/RES/55/93 (PDF) (F / S)
- 19 December
United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/events/south/index.html
A/RES/58/220 (PDF) (F / S)
- 20 December
International Human Solidarity Day
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/social/intldays/IntSolidarity/index.html
A/RES/60/209 (PDF) (F / S)