World Important Days

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

21 February - International Mother Language Day

MARCH

8 March - United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace (International Women's Day)

21 March - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Beginning 21 March - Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination

22 March - World Day for Water

23 March - World Meteorological Day

APRIL

7 April - In 2004 International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda

7 April - World Health Day

23 April - World Book and Copyright Day

MAY

3 May - World Press Freedom Day

15 May - International Day of Families

17 May - World Telecommunication Day

21 May - World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

22 May - International Day for Biological Diversity

Beginning 25 May - Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories

29 May - International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers

31 May - World No-Tobacco Day

JUNE

4 June - International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

5 June - World Environment Day

17 June - World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

20 June - World Refugee Day

23 June - United Nations Public Service Day

26 June - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

26 June - International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

JULY

3 July - International Day of Cooperatives (first Saturday of July)

11 July - World Population Day

AUGUST

9 August - International Day of the World's Indigenous People (http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/indigenous/)

12 August - International Youth Day (http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/youth/)

23 August - International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition

SEPTEMBER

8 September - International Literacy Day

16 September - International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

21 September - International Day of Peace

September World Maritime Day (during last week of September)

OCTOBER

1 October - International Day of Older Persons

4 October - World Habitat Day (first Monday of October)

4-10 October - World Space Week

5 October - World Teachers' Day

9 October - World Post Day

10 October - World Mental Health Day

13 October - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction (second Wednesday of October)

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

24-30 October - Disarmament Week

NOVEMBER

6 November - International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict

16 November - International Day for Tolerance

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 Disabled Persons

5 December - International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development

7 December - International Civil Aviation Day

10 December - Human Rights Day

11 December - International Mountain Day

18 December - International Migrants Day